Polliwogs in Central America travel notes by Polly Howerton
Writer Polly Howerton recounts a strenuous trip from San Salvador to Guatemala City with delays over air mail stamps. She details hotel life, a buffet with merimba band, a tour of Guatemala including the National Palace and cathedral, and impressions of the people, weather, and colorful costumes.
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San Salvador
Salvador
Guatemala City
National Palace
United States
Antigua
Emergency School Assistance Program Continues in Cuero
Cuero Independent School District extends ESAP through Jan 31, 1973. Dr E E Sims notes 13 personnel and supplies aid integration efforts. Nine aides assist teachers with language and special needs, four serve as community liaison contacts monitoring student attendance.
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Cuero Independent School District
E. E. Sims
Rev Rongers Addresses Cuero Rotary Club
Cuero's Rotary Club met at El Patio Restaurant with De Wayne Scott presiding. He introduced Susan Davis the student guest for 1972 73 who serves as student body president and is daughter of Dr and Mrs John Davis.
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Cuero’s
Rotary Club
el Patio
DeWayne Scott
Scott
Susan Davis
Miss Davis
John Davis
Nixon coattails eyed as GOP hopes rise in Congress
Miami Beach Republicans Sunday hoped President Nixon could lift their midterm bid as Spiro Agnew heads to Minneapolis for a Veterans of Foreign Wars speech. McGovern drew a cool reception from VFW delegates, while Rep John Ashbrook gave Nixon a grudging endorsement after challenging his renomination.
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Mike Feinsilber
Miami Beach
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Spiro T. Agnew
Minneapolis
Veterans of Foreign Wars
George S. McGovern
John M. Ashbrook
Ohio
Cuero Record Moves to Saturday Edition Starting Tomorrow
The Cuero Record will switch from Sunday to Saturday publication beginning tomorrow August 26 with no Sunday morning issues. Home delivery starts in the early afternoon to align with Saturday shopping ads, and weekend special features will run in the Saturday edition. The office at 119 E Main will close at noon on Saturdays starting tomorrow.
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Cuero Record
E. Main
No Damage Reported In Small Fires
Two small fires yesterday afternoon caused no damage according to the Cuero Fire Department A grease fire at Lloyd Brewer's home 508 N Hunt was extinguished at 7 30 p m Firemen stopped a small grass fire at the Yoakum underpass at 5 30 p m
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Cuero Fire Department
Lloyd Brewer
N. Hunt
Yoakum
Commissioners Court Acts as Board of Equalization in DeWitt
DeWitt County will use new equalized property values for 1972 prepared by Southwestern Appraisal Company. Notices with equalized values will be mailed beginning Sept 8. Tax changes may raise or lower bills. assessed values are 25 percent of 100 percent market value. The Board of Equalization will meet Sept 18 for ten days, 8:30 to 12 and 1 to 5:30, for taxpayers to seek redress after sworn hearings.
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Dewitt County Commissioners Court
Southwestern Appraisal Company
Gilbert Koopman
Lawrence
DeWitt County
Lawrence Henneke
George Trowell
Board of Equalization
County OK
Task Force advances near Que Son in Laos
Saigon reports a 10 000 man South Vietnamese task force nears the Communist held Que Son district capital 30 miles south of Da Nang with aims to raise the flag inside by afternoon. Elsewhere a 500 man government unit suffers heavy casualties after an ambush on Highway 13 near An Loc.
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Saigon
VPS
Que Son
da Nang
Pham Hoa Hiep
South Vietnam
2Nd Infantry Division
Ross Base
An Loc
S. Viets
California brush fires spark year’s worst blaze
In brief notes from Fillmore California a major brush fire becomes the year’s worst blaze. Weather a cold fog aids firefighters across the state as they battle multiple blazes. The report ties the event to the broader firefighting effort and the challenging conditions.
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Fillmore
Calif
California
Israel May Demand US Cut Red Trade
HaAretz reports Israel may press the United States to halt trade with the Soviet Union unless the Kremlin drops a head tax on college educated Jews seeking emigration. A Foreign Ministry source denied any request and said no instructions were given to the embassy.
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Tel Aviv
UPI
Israel
United States
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Ha'Aretz
Foreign Ministry
Washington
Troop 242 Plans Evening Meeting And New Officers
Troop 242 will meet tonight at 7 PM in the N Y A building at Municipal Park. Scoutmaster John C Hamilton says scouts will clean the meeting space and then take a rabbit run on his ranch. Sept 1 marks new officer duties and a six month activities program. Jeff Ray Life Scout is advancing toward Eagle. Mark Roller named Scout of the Month and Willie Molina Scout of the Week.
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N.Y.A
Municipal Park
John C Hamilton
Hamilton
National Council of the Boy Scouts of America
Life
Jeff Ray
Mark Roller
Willie Molina
Swim In Set For Pack 244 At Cuero Pool
Cub Scouts of Pack 244 and families will swim Monday 6 to 8 p.m. at Cuero Municipal Park Pool. Ten cents per swimmer covers lifeguards. Snack bar open. Ten mothers, parents and lifeguards supervise. Committee meeting at 7 p.m. Scouts may bring friends. boys aged 8 to 10 invited.
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Cuero Municipal Park
Jim Rabe
Rabe
Woman Observations On American Scene
Gay Pauley notes shifting roles in American life and media including women entering newsrooms and politics. She recalls Sargent Shriver on Peace Corps and jokes about names and gender, with reflections on conventions and everyday humor.
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Gay Pauley
New York
UPI
Sargent Shriver
Weather Outlook for Cuero Yoakum Yorktown
Partly cloudy and warm with a chance of showers or thundershowers. Rain probability 20 percent. Highs in the mid ninety, lows in the mid seventies for Cuero Yoakum and Yorktown.
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Cuero
Yoakum
Yorktown
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Commissioners Court
McGovern
George McGovern
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San Clemente
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