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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1971
Page
1
The Cuero city budget hearing appears at 5 45 p m this Wednesday in the City Hall Council Chamber. The piece notes a budget of 1 135 926 for the next fiscal year starting Oct 1 and urges taxpayers to question spending despite long standing public confidence.
Mr and Mrs Otis Carpenter and Mrs Calles Henneke and William G Nami of Cuero attend the List Annual Convention of the American Legion and Auxiliary in Houston Saturday. More than 2000 delegates VIPs and guests represent nearly one million members in 13009 local units across all states the District of Columbia and overseas territories.
Nathan Leopold who killed Bobby Franks in Chicago in 1924 with Richard Loeb died Sunday night at 66 in Mimiya Hospital Puerto Rico. Cause given as arteriosclerosis of the heart after a series of heart attacks. Leopold died at 8 45 p m Sunday.
Record shows FHA program highlights with a focus on rural water and sewer expansion. Harold Smith notes a nationwide effort financed by USDA Farmers Home Administration including 260 million dollars in loans and 40 million in grants for over 1 400 systems in 1971. Byrnes Bill aims to speed municipal projects with increased FHA assistance.
Cuero High School and Junior High leaders report strong cooperation with the 1971 72 dress policy. Langdon Smith notes minimal incidents and no student removals while DeWayne Scott commends smooth implementation and supportive families and parents.
The policy defines acceptable school skirts and culottes with panel or pleat fronts to avoid resembling shorts. It requires dress-length skirts for girls, with modest sitting decency and a rule that visible underwear or undergarments is inappropriate. If skirt length is shorter than half the upper leg, it is deemed improper.
The SEC opens its stock fraud trial in Dallas amid seven months of probes with 27 signed statements and 10 000 exhibits against 15 persons and 12 firms. It seeks a permanent injunction banning unregistered stock dealings and future manipulation, naming defendants including Frank Sharp and former Texas Attorney General Waggoner Carr. Depositions include Gov Preston Smith and House Speaker Gus Mutscher, with investigations by state and federal bodies continuing.
Two Gonzales youths Alfred Hiojas and Johnny Keyes were released from DeWitt County Jail after paying a $50 fine for fighting. They were arrested Sunday at 2 a.m. by Special Deputy Sheriffs George Wheseling and Janen W. Gibbs for fighting in purple place.
Two Cuero juveniles were picked up Sunday for fighting at Blackwell Gulf Service Station. Patrolman J R Adams of the Cuero Police Department took the youths into custody.
Mount Zion Missionary Baptist held last week's centennial observance collecting 37 431.11 dollars. Dr. George W Edwards moderator reported the total after Friday night services. Special guest Dr P Wilkerson president of the American Baptist convention of Texas preached at the event. Deejers from more than 0 member churches attended the observance at the Cuero Encampment Grounds.
Mrs. Eliza D. Buttery, 80, wife of Cuero pharmacist L. L. Buttery, died in Cuero Community Hospital. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Freund Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Calvin Peterson officiating. Burial in Hillside Cemetery. Born June 1891 in Wrightsboro, she married Buttery in Gonzales on November 16, 1921 and moved to Cuero, where she ran the Hubert Heaton Drugstore. Survivors include her husband and a sister, Mrs. W. F. Robertson of Gonzales.
A storm path through Victoria area with strong winds toppled a mobile home on the Victoria Highway injuring its residents. Coppedge Service Station recorded 10 inches of rain. 42 inches officially fell in Victoria as thunder and lightning marked the passage. A Lamb mobile home was demolished and a utility pole fell after a heavy shower.
Cuero's Rawhide Riders announce a Sunday ride departing 9 a.m. from Municipal Park Rodeo Arena to Arneckeville Community Center. A stew lunch will follow at about 1 p.m. priced at 50 cents per bowl, per secretary Leon Wishert.
City Manager Larry Smith outlined the 1971-72 budget at a public hearing noting total spending of 1 135 926, up 122 226 from 1 015 700. Included is a merit pay increase of about 25 per month for city employees pending WAGE PRICE freeze lift. The current cash balance is 80 32 thousand and the year end balance is forecast at 84 000.
The Chamber of Commerce Banquet Ticket Committee asks members to return tickets or checks by Thursday morning. Tickets cost 5.00 now but will be 3.50 at the door. Social hour begins at 7 30 before the banquet Thursday night.
Gilbert Prause of Yoakum elected president of DeWitt County Electric Cooperative succeeding R M Granberry. Ervin Oaken named vice president to succeed Prause with L Goehring reelected secretary. Four new directors chosen July 27 with reelects in districts five eight and ten: Marvin Stanehes Robert Lord Gilbert Prause. Weldon Jetson new director in district Li. All terms expire in 1974. Fain McDougal was manager.
A Bible Thought from TODAY cites Proverbs 4 17 urging restraint and peace. It contrasts vengeful men who fuel conflict with those who foster a peaceful society through restraint and generosity.
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