Town Tar By D L PRENTICE
The piece argues forced school integration leads to temporary guardianships to avoid busing. It notes possible federal court challenges by NAACP and Raza and recounts Austin ISD desegregation, Anderson High School, and football recruiting amid fair free choice. It questions bureaucrats and bus interests.
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D. L. Prentice Record
Corpus Christi
United Press International
NAACP
Raza
Corpus
Austin
Anderson High School
Anderson High
Austin Independent School District
Eurt
Anderson
Meyersville 4 H Officers Chosen for 1971 72
Officers for Meyersville 4 H Club were installed August 16 at the Meyersville Recreation Center. Bruce Jank is president, Michael Rucker vice president, Wanda Diebel secretary, M Liss Mueller treasurer, Fred Mueller council delegate, Diana Diebel alternate council, Bruce Gohmer t parliamentarian, and Rhonda Doehrman reporter. Game Warden Bill Drehr showed a bird life film. Achievement Night set for October 4. members urged to enter the Pecan Show in November.
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Meyersville
Meyersville Recreation Center
Bruce Jank
Michael Rucker
Wanda Diebel
M’liss Mueller
Fred Mueller
Diana Diebel
Bruce Gohmert
Rhonda Doehrman
Bill Drehr
Teresa Diebel
Clementine
Jeffery
Ecouncil
Frio River Flood Spurs 1500 Evacuations in Three Rivers
Frio River flooding forces 1,500 residents to evacuate in Three Rivers Tex as waters rise past flood stage. The Nueces River threatens the town with overflow and local officials warn of major inundation downtown near the First State Bank. Refugees fear a Beulah-like loss as residents move belongings to high spots.
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Three Rivers
Tex
Upi
Frio
Texaco Oil Co
Smokey Bomar
Larry Bailey
Three Rivers Methodist Church
First State Bank
Nueces
Live Oak County
Kenneth Hedrick
Paul Gathings Named New Manager of J C Penney Cuero
Paul Gathings, 48, appointed manager of the J C Penney Co in Cuero replacing J C Scott who resigned to enter private business. He came from Penney in Odessa where he was department manager and has 84 years with Penney and 25 years in retail. He and his wife Roberta moved to Cuero and attend Baptist Church. Gathings enjoys poetry writing and is listed in the International Who’s Who of Living Poets and the Blue Book of Leaders of English Speaking People. He is a former Odessa College instructor and ex Lions Club member with hobbies including fishing hunting and football.
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Paul Gathings
J. C. Penney Co
J. C. Scott
Gathings
Cuero
Penney'’s
Odessa
Penney
Roberta
The
Baptist Church
Texas Poetry Society
Academy of American Poets
Odessa College
Lions Club
Governor Defies Nixon Pay Freeze in Texas
Texas Governor Preston Smith ordered state agencies to raise wages for more than 100,000 teachers and workers defying President Nixon's nationwide pay freeze. The White House condemned the action as improper while Smith said he accepts full responsibility and cites Texas law enacted earlier. Nixon suggested former governor Connally could handle the dispute.
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Austin
Tex
UPI
Texas
United States
Nixon
Preston Smith
White House
San Clemente
Calif
Smith
Connally
Treasury
John B. Connally
Budget Hearing Set for City Budget Adoption
The Cuero City Council scheduled a public hearing for September 1 on the 1871 72 budget with adoption action at the following formal meeting. City Manager Larry Smith noted no tax changes and said minor adjustments from the last work session would be incorporated. Final figures to be released later today.
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Cuero Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Larry Smith
Smith
Hospital Auxiliary Convenes in Cuero
The Cuero Community Hospital Auxiliary Board met with president Mrs. Harold High presiding. They set the annual Christmas Bazaar for November 21 at the Cuero Housing Authority Community Building. Dues for the year are due by September 1. Landscape chair Mrs. C L Dickett reported 981 in gifts for hospital grounds. Junior Volunteers chair Mrs. Joe Sanders announced new members Miss Karen High and Miss Janice Wimbish. membership opens to 15 to 18 year olds.
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Cuero Community Hospital Auxiliary Board of
Harold High
Cuero Housing Authority
C. L. Dickett
Joe Sanders
Karen High
Janice Wimbish
Mexico Plans Statue of Christ for US Bicentennial
Mexico proposes a giant hollow steel statue of Jesus Christ with an observation tower in the crown of thorns to be placed in Corpus Christi Bay, overlooking the city. Architects say it would be built in Mexico and transported by special rail cars, a symbol of peace for the 1976 celebration.
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San Antonio
Tex
UPI
Mexico
United States
America
Goreus Christi Bay
Ciy
Marvin Townsend
San Antonio Evening News
Mexico City
Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi Bay
New York
Crown of Thorns
France
Christ
Mexican
National Park Service
Edward de Laboulaye
U.S
New York Harbor
No Injury In Minor Wreck
Martha Ann Noble, 20, of 106 Royal Victoria, was uninjured and her car sustained minor damage in a 6:15 p.m. crash on U.S. 87, 1.2 miles southeast of Cuero. Her late model vehicle spun, reversing direction toward Cuero after swerving to avoid a dog, tearing a fence post and fence along the road.
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Martha Ann Noble
Royal
Victoria
U.S. 87
Cuero
SA Flood Aid Drive Under Salvation Army Here
The Salvation Army local unit begins a flood relief drive collecting clothing and cooking utensils for southwest Texas victims. Donors should bring boxed items to the old Writ t Shop building at Newman and Loganola streets Monday. If closed, boxes may be left outside for pickup hourly. County Commissioner Benny Buenger will transport the items Monday afternoon. No donations will be accepted after Monday.
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Texas
Salvation Army
Newman and
Lodanola
Belsons
J. W. Herring
Benny Buenger
Will Wilson Summons Set for Texas Stock Scandal Hearings
Austin investigation committee plans to call Assistant U S Attorney General Will Wilson and up to three other federal officials to answer questions about the political implications of the Texas stock fraud scandal. Former Texas Attorney General Waggoner Carr denounces the scandal as a political hatchet job and promises to tell the full story at a later time and place.
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Austin
House
U.S
Will Wilson
Texas
Genera Waggoner Carr
Tme
Immunization Clinic Scheduled for Cuero Area
An immunization clinic for all required vaccinations before school opens will be held Monday August 25 from 1 to 3 pm at the Cuero-DeWitt County Health Department Clinic 207 East Main. The clinic will offer diphtheria tetanus polio measles rubella and smallpox vaccines. Records from previous immunizations are issued. parents should bring them. Boy Scout Troops of Cuero assist the health department in the vaccination drive.
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Cuere-DeWitt County
State Department of Health
Bette M. O'Dell
K.N
Coere DeWitt County Health Department
Boy Scout Troops
Cuero
Health Department
Luther League Elects New Officers at August Meeting
St. Mark's Luther League elected officers on August 18 at 8 p.m. Lorraine Bosart became president with Keren Bade as vice president Glenda Carter treasurer Gladys Stall secretary Jeanie Korth reporter Marsha Brown social chairman Sandra Spears fed chairman and Brenda Bade telephone chair. Twenty four people attended including sponsor Mrs. James Korth and Pastor Rev. H A Hansen.
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St. Mark's Luither League
Lorraine Bosart
Keren Bade
Glenda Carter
Gladys Stall
Jeanie Korth
Marsha Brown
Sandra Spears
Fed
Brenda Bade
James Korth
H. A. Hansen
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