Ann Landers on interracial adoption and child outcomes
A reader questions interracial adoption by Iowa parents and Ann Landers shares letters from readers nationwide. She notes varied opinions on race, integration, and the child’s future, predicting mixed long term results and stressing courage, stability, and love for adoptive families. The column also plugs teen drinking facts from Booze And You For Teen-Agers Only.
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Ann Landers
Iowa
Ohio
Hartford
Conn
Greater
Hartford Courant
Field Enterprises, Inc
Airman Brewer Assigned to Lowry AFB After Training
Airman John P. Brewer son of Mr and Mrs Douglas A Brewer of Yoakum Texas has been assigned to Lowry AFB Colorado after completing basic training at Lackland AFB Texas He studied the Air Force mission organization and customs and received human relations instruction before reporting to the Technical Training Center at Lowry for supply field training Brewer is a 1971 Yoakum High School graduate.
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San Antonio
John P. Brewer
Douglas A. Brewer
Yoakum, Tex
Lowry Afb
Colo
Air Force
Air Training Command
Lackland Afb
Tex
Lowry
Brewer
Yoakum High School
Villa Named Outstanding Drill Sergeant in Army Competition
Veteran of Vietnam and Korea, Villa served sixteen months in Korea as a tank commander and later earned the Distinguished Tanker of the Year award with the 33rd Armor in Germany. At Fort Knox he is acclaimed as outstanding drill sergeant of the cycle six times and will face a board for Outstanding Drill Sergeant in the First Army.
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Villa
Korea
United States
Susie Infante
Nixon
Fort Knox
33Rd Armor
Germany
Fort Leonard Wood
Vietnam
Company D
16Th Battalion
First Army
Birthday Party and Art Exhibit Draw Local Families
Polliwogs and relatives Bow Bishop Ima Barfield and Jeannine Calli ham joined Chris Bryant son of Ronnie Bryant in Victoria Saturday for his third birthday. F A Schultz visited daughter Jackie Kries in San Antonio. They toured the Norman Rockwell exhibit at the Marion Koegler McNay Art Institute, the most visited show yet. Claude Thigpen and wife returned from Neptune New Jersey where they visited their son Claude E and family.
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Bow Bishop
Ima Barfield
Jeannine Calliham
Victoria
Chris Bryant
Ronnie Bryant
F. A. Schultz
Jackie Kries
San Antonio
Norman Rockwell
Marion Koegler & McNay Art Institute
Claude Thigpen
Neptune
New Jersey
Claude E
Combat actions across Vietnam raise casualties and air attacks
U S military reports 61 Communist fighters killed near the Cambodian border with 15 South Vietnamese dead and 22 wounded. B52 bombers hit positions in the delta and near Saigon, while clashes around Quang Tri City and Hue produced additional Communist and South Vietnamese casualties. A separate incident in Qui Nhon City left three dead and 20 wounded as other raids targeted supply caches in North Vietnam and the DMZ.
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U.S
Delta
Saigon
Quang Tri
Hue
Quang Tri City
Qui Nhon City
Thua Thien
North Vietnam
Dmz
Obituary notices for Morales Hillier Benningfield
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Olga Sandoval Morales 61 at El Buen Pastor Pentecostal Church. Died Friday in a local hospital and buried in Yorktown Community Cemetery. Also noted are death notices for Nathalia Hiller 79 of Arneckeville and James T. Benningfield 66 of Cuero with service details and survivors.
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Olga Sandoval Morales
el] Buen Pastor Pentecostal Church
Yorktown
Oak Memorial Funeral Home
Cuero
Paul McChesney
Abel Trevino
Simon Trevino
Henry L. Flores
Nicholas Garibay
Alex Gutierrez
Nathalia Hiller
Arneckeville
Victoria
George F. Hiller
Wilhelmina Schorlemer Hiller
Zion Lutheran Church
Wilson Hill
Church
Ernest Hiller
Alfreda Toehler
Julia Henneke
San Antonio
James T. Benningfield
Gonzales
Henry W. and
Lou Robinson Benningfield
Civil Service
Maudie May
Freund Funeral Home
L. C. Barnette
Pentecostal Church of God
Hillside Cemetery
Freund
Algeria To Return $1 Million Ransom
Algiers sources say the Algerian government will return to Delta Airlines the $1 million ransom paid to Black Panther hijackers who diverted a Delta jet to Algiers on August 1. Police found evidence in the exiled Panthers villa that Eldridge Cleaver authored letters offensive to President Boumedienne.
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Algiers
UPI
Delta Airlines
Delta
Eldridge Cleaver
Houari Boumedienne
Boumedienne
Cleaver
International
Black Panthers
Delta Air Pirates
Detroit
Western Airlines
Outreach Program expands across Cuero and nearby ISDs
The article details the Outreach Program approved by the Texas Education Agency. Miss Maxine L. Haywood directs the program from Oak View School and lists her extensive education and advisory roles. Also noted are supervising teachers Mrs. Beth Robinson and Miss Eula Casmore, their backgrounds, and contact details for more information.
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Texas Education Agency
Oakview School
E. Hamilton
Cuero
Yorktown
Yoakum Independent
Maxine L. Haywood
Haywood
East Texas State University
Commerce
Texas
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville
University of Houston
National Advisory Committee On
Handicapped Children
Dept. of
H.E.W
Texas Association For Retarded Children, Inc
Beth Robinson
Victoria Independent
Eula Casmore
Miss Casmore
Lamar State College of Technology
Beaumont
Looking Back Thursday Highlights Aug 14 1947 Local Visits
Mrs John Sorrell and three daughters of Brady spend two weeks with relatives here. Mrs John Bass returned from a Colorado vacation. Charles Allen Lander of San Antonio visits grandparents Mr and Mrs Jack Benbow.
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John Sorrell
Brady
John Bass
Colorado
Charles Allen Lander
San Antonio
Jack Benbow
Private Pete Rosales Jr completes eight weeks at Ft Polk
Private Pete Rosales Jr., 18, son of Mrs. Lupe Rosales of Yoakum Texas, finished eight weeks of basic training at the U S Army Training Center Infantry Ft Polk Louisiana. He trained in drill and ceremonies weapons map reading combat tactics military courtesy justice first aid and Army history and traditions in company A 4th Battalion 1st Brigade.
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Ft. Polk, la
AHTNC
Pete Rosales Jr
Lupe Rosales
Yoakum
Tex
U. S&s. Army Training Center
Infantry
Ft. Polk
Rosales
Cuero High School Students Engage in Civic Debates and Clubs
Local youth focused on alcohol risks for all ages and joined rap sessions with out of state delegates. Debates covered capital punishment abortion and busing. Miss Peters to head ICT Club and Miss Grafe to join Student Council for 1972 73 with involvement on candidate screening.
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Miss Peters
Cuero High School
Debbie Grafe
Debbie
Viet Nam
Teak Cuero Hospital Names New Admissions and Dismissals
Brenda Migura Janice Marie Goebel and Ronald Willis admitted to Teak Cuero Community Hospital. Frank Martinez Raymond Branch and Elsie Bass dismissed from the same facility.
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Cuero Community Hospital
Brenda Migura
Janice Marie Goebel
Ronald Willis
Frank Martinez
Raymond Branch
Elsie Bass
Snyder Flood Deaths and Evacuations Amid Rising Waters
Floods surged through Snyder Texas with water up to seven feet in town, drowning a driver and injuring another person. Deep Creek swelled from rainfall, isolating roads, prompting National Guard help and about 35 evacuees taking shelter at churches and relatives. Cora Barrington Tate 69 of Muleshoe drowned when her car left Highway 208. her sister-in-law Lewis Barrington of Lubbock was injured but the victim was later reported in fair condition.
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Snyder
Colorado City
Colorado River
Juanita Schafer
Preston Smith
National Guard
Cials
Cora Barrington Tate
Muleshoe
Lewis Barrington
Lubbock
Barrington
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