Painting trips and birthdays mark busy year ahead
Thurman Hewitt plans 1973 painting journeys to Mazatlan Mexico and Baja California then on to Tahiti New Zealand and other spots with Barse Miller Millard Sheets Rex Brand and fellow artists. a Guatemala stay recalls a cozy hotel and a boy named Juanito. birthdays for Sharon Rae Bauer Dee Blackwell Sager Sheryl Wallis Charles Breeden and Margaret Barnes noted with others on list.
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Wniie
Thurman Hewitt
Barse Miller
Mexico
Mazatlan
la Paz
Baja California
Sharon Rae Bauer
Dee’’ Blackwell Sager
Sheryl Wallis
Charles Breeden
Margaret Barnes
Legislation Would Convert U.S. Measurement System
The Senate approved historic legislation to convert federal government metrics to the metric system over ten years. A voluntary industry shift would begin, extending the change gradually to ease costs and avoid debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Senate
U.S
Commerce Department
America
House
Senate Commerce Committee
Len Claiborne Pell
D-R.i
United Air Lines Jet Hijacked From Reno Airport
A United Air Lines Boeing 727 was hijacked shortly after takeoff from Reno Tahoe International Airport bound for San Francisco. FAA reported the incident began at 6 51 a m PDT and notes the plane was under hijack custody about an hour after departure.
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Reno
Nev
UPI
United Air Lines
San Francisco
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Troop 242 Wins Swim Meet at Cuero Park
Troop 242 led by Scoutmaster John C. Hamilton won overall troop honors at a Live Oak District swim meet held at Cuero Municipal Park. Troops 241 and 245 placed second and third. Scouts from 243 and 231 also participated. A diving contest accompanied the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawhide Riders Association
Shiner
Live Oak Boy Scout District
John C. Hamilton
Ed Clark
Ed Winn
Herb Owen
Cuero
Cuero Municipal Park
Kissinger Ends Secret Talks With Thieu En Route To Tokyo
UPI reports Henry Kissinger finished two days of confidential talks with South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu and departed for Tokyo. The discussions were held under tight secrecy, with details unreleased as Kissinger prepared for further diplomacy on Vietnam.
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Saigon
UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
Nguyen van Thieu
Tokyo
Kissinger
South Vietnam
Paris
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Tan Son Nhut
Nguyen Phu Dunq
Thieu
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Traffic and School Openings Highlight Cuero Day
Traffic near Cuero High School and Cuero Junior High eased as 170 cars moved through Junior High Drive in 30 minutes on opening day. Dr E E Sims noted most exits were closed for paving and expected completion within a week. Officers of the Ladies of the Cuero Fire Department were installed pending September meeting.
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Cuero High School
E. E Sims
Cuero Independent School District
Cuero Fire Department
Hilda Hingst
Hertha Bauer
Kay Rath
Betty Tomanec
Remilda Schultz
Delta Leick
Lena Leist
Sims
House Backs Nixon On Forced Busing
The House approved antibusing restrictions that go beyond Nixons proposal but stop short of a total ban. The bill requires courts to try desegregation alternatives before ordering busing and limits busing to the second nearest school as a last resort, effectively ending cross town busing for desegregation.
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House
Nixon
Gene Bernhardt Washington
UPI
Nixon and Agnew Avoid Intra party clash at GOP convention
President Nixon and Vice President Agnew will not intervene in the power struggle between large and small states over delegate balance for the 1976 Republican National Convention. The Platform Committee approved Nixon favored planks including Vietnam policy as conservatives push for stronger antibu s ing language and right to work debates.
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Steve Gerstel
Miami Beach
UPI
Nixon
Spiro Agnew
White House
Vietnam
Republicans Finalize Nixon Platform For Re election
GOP aides present a White House approved platform with little controversy for the upcoming convention. In other briefs North Vietnam rockets hit Da Nang killing an American and eight Vietnamese. Fischer pursues victory in adjourned chess game as a $1.75 million lawsuit looms. Protestant vigilantes resume patrolling Belfast after IRA bombing. sniper kills British soldier amid Northern Ireland unrest. Morocco’s defense minister Mohamed Oufkir kills himself, possibly weakening the king’s position. A Detroit divorcé sells quickie kits is subpoenaed for practicing law without license.
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GOP
Miami Beach
Nixon
White House
Ulster
Belfast
Bar
Northern Ireland
Alfred Hitchcock Reflects on Violence and Vision at 72
UPI reports Alfred Hitchcock, just past his 72nd birthday, dismisses calls to curb violence in film as rubbish. He lauds Frenzy as another excellent movie and defends a preproduction method avoiding on set improvisation, stressing visual storytelling and timeless craft.
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UPI
Hollywood
Alfred Hitchcock
Universal
Hitchcock
City wide cleanup to collect alley trash in Cuero
Cuero officials and the Chamber of Commerce sponsor a city wide cleanup with 20 Army Reserve trucks. Coot Coppedge says alleys will be included and residents should place trash on the curb this Saturday and Sunday for pickup from 8 am to 5 pm Saturday and 8 am to noon Sunday.
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City of
Cuero
Chamber of Commerce
Coot Coppedge
Chamber
Civic Improvement Committee
Coppedge
Don Polzin
Hercel Thompson
U.S Army Reserve
Jaycees
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Polliwogs
South Pacific
Millard Sheets
Los Angeles
Tahiti
New Zealand
Corona del Mar
Carmel
Rex Brand
Hewitt
Guatemala
Juanito
James Stratton
Andrew Aleman
C. L. Duckett
Claud Thigpen
Dora Statter
Orlando
Florida
Burch Ware
Ware
Ralph Egg
Chester Bettge
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Howard Biersted
Artesia
Hagerman
N.mex
What
Oklahoma
Lena McMillan
West Church Street
McMillan
Jay-Lor Textiles
Charlene
United Air Jet
Troop 242
Oregon
By Tracy Wood
Edna Mae Post
Agnes Wanjura
Volga Thigpen
Agnew
Organized Labor
Labor
da Nang
Reykjavik
Bobby Fischer
Morocco
Rabat
Mohamed Oufkir
Detroit
By Vernon Scott
Cutter
Yoakum
Yorktown
Reuss’ Pharmacy
Esplanade
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