Polliwogs Trip Includes Panama VP Visit And Art Lesson
A travel diary recounts a bus trip to a park with lakes fed by springs and a watercolor demo by George Post from California. The author describes meeting guards and Panamanian officials including Vice President Colonel Ricardo Garcia Ramirez and Ambassador Julio Andretti, while noting Panama Canal contract tensions and plans to interview in Cuero Texas.
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George Post
California
Panama
Cuero Record
Cuero
Texas
Ambass Julio Andretti
Salvador
University of California
U.S. Army
Edwardo Stephenson
Philadelphia
Ricardo Garcia Ramirez
Panamanian National Guard
Arturo Armando Molina
Salvado
Panama Cabal
United States
Traffic Upgrade Sets City Streets On Track
A paving contractor says streets around the Junior High School area will be completed Tuesday and ready for use Wednesday morning. Traffic lanes are being marked in advance of the reopening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Sims
DeWitt County 4-H Elects New Officers
4-H Leaders in DeWitt County elected Bruce Jank as chair with Mark Jacob and Gary Rucker as vice chair and secretary. The newly formed project will have youths 14 and older develop leadership in younger members and organize subject matter for county 4-H clubs. Adults at the meeting attended as the project forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Jank
Mark Jacob
Gary Rucker
Tri County Probation Office Contacts Clients
The Tri County Probation Department is mailing notices to probationers from before its formation. It received a grant from the Criminal Justice Council for DeWitt Goliad and Jackson Counties to establish the multi county office. Monthly fees and restitution will be collected through the new office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hesse
DeWitt, Goliad
Jackson Counties
Criminal Justice Council
Tri-County
Nixon to be nominated for second term in GOP briefing
News In Brief reports Republicans will nominate President Nixon for a second term. GOP speakers push anti McGovern rhetoric while reporting a quiet front against Nixon dissent. A brief foreign dispatch previews life in China and notes on Vietnam and Northern Ireland violence.
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GOP
Miami Beach
Nixon
George McGovern
Cost of Living Rises 0.4 Percent in July
The Labor Department reports July CPI up 0.4 percent the steepest rise in five months driven by 1.2 percent food cost increase. Meats poultry and fish up 2.8 percent while overall CPI is 3 percent above a year ago though weekly earnings rose enough to keep up with inflation.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
July earnings rise with modest weekly gain
The report shows a 0.4 percent rise in weekly earnings with an average gross of 136.47 dollars in July up 1.09 from June. The increase reflects a 1 cent hourly bump and a 12 minute longer work week, with real earnings 0.4 percent above June and 3.5 percent higher than a year earlier after inflation adjustments. Prices for nonfood commodities stayed unchanged in July, a first in six months, while food costs rose and service prices moved higher.
Cuero Hosts Technical Association Seminar in 1972 Texas AR T
Cuero hosted the Texas Association Radiographic Technologists seminar at Cuero Community Hospital with attendees from 27 cities including El Paso Big Springs Eagle Pass and Laredo. Al Aubert of San Antonio demonstrated a new blue type X-ray film while Norman Burgess of Victoria shared Viet Nam troop slides. Martha Gonzales led the event assisted by Gordon Thompson as guests enjoyed a chicken barbecue and business session remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero
Texas Association Radiographic Technologists
Cuero Community Hospital
el Paso
Big Springs
Eagle Pass
Laredo
al Aubert
Low X-Ray Corporation
San Antonio
Norman Burgess
R. T
Victoria Radiology Association
Viet Nam
Martha Gonzales
Gordon Thompson
Bill Lollar
Texas A. R. T
Bombing in Newry kills seven at customs post
A premature explosion at the Green Hills customs post near Newry, County Down, killed seven people including two attackers and injured six others. The attack, part of three years of sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland, followed a similar failed bombing in Belfast two weeks earlier.
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Belfast
UPI
Newry
Northern Ireland
Green Hills
Dublin
Dublin Road
County Down
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Hearing Set for Cuero Budget Sept 11 in City Hall
A public hearing on Cuero's 1972 73 budget is set for Sept 11 at 5 45 p m in City Hall council chambers. The proposed 1 245 238 budget shows 1 229 959 in expenses and a 15 279 cash balance with 70 092 more revenues and 66 796 higher costs from capital outlay street work electric rates from LCRA and a 4 percent raise for some city staff.
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City of
Cuero
City Hall
Larry Smith
Smith
Lower
Colorado River Authority
LCRA
City and Cuero School Adopt New Tax Roll for 1972-73
The Cuero Public Schools Board, with the City Manager and City Council, directed Superintendent E. E. Sims to use the updated 1971-72 tax roll for the City and Cuero Independent School District for the 1972-73 fiscal year. The City’s year starts October 1 and the School District’s on September 1, due to a delay in receiving Southwest Appraisal Company’s equalized values.
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Board of Education
Cuero Public Schools
E. E. Sims
Cuero Independent School District
Southwest
Men's lib moves into mainstream jobs in 1970s shifts
The piece discusses men entering roles traditionally held by women, from flight attendants and telephone operators to nurses and teachers. It cites examples at United Air Lines, American, Bell Telephone, and hospitals, noting shifting wages, promotions, and training as gender barriers break down.
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New York
UPI
Mary Ann Quinn
Los Gatos
Calif
American
United Air Lines
United
Hawaii
International Airlines
Bell Telephone Companies
Bell Companies
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
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DeLula Rusche
Houston
Stormy Bradbury
Lori Hayes
Shirley Leggett
Wenatche
DeWitt County
4-H
Probation Office
China
Peking
Hong Kong
People’s Republic of China
Wilbur G Landrey
Saigon
da Nang
Ulster
Soviet Union
Baltic Sea
Ireland
By Colin Baker
City
Leroy Pope
Nursing Outlook
Yoakum
Yorktown
Reuss’ Pharmacy
N. Esplanade
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