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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1971
Page
1
Eight Olathe Kansas servicemen in Vietnam will fly home for Christmas thanks to a Home for Christmas Committee fundraiser. The group has raised six thousand dollars to cover air fare, with the men expected to arrive December 22.
St Michael's Parent Teacher Club hosts its annual garage and bake sale on Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Coppedge Tire building. Parents should bring bake items by Thursday afternoon or Friday all day and can drop off items at Father Higgins' garage or call 275-3918 to arrange pickups.
A massive storm dropped up to seven inches of wet snow across the Texas Panhandle with drifts up to 16 inches. Snow paralyzed highways and closed Amarillo area schools, while Cuero recorded 1.7 inches of rain.
Harris County sheriff deputies report another young woman who met a man matching the suspected killer description. Six girls have been slain in the Houston area over six months with two headless remains found 35 miles west, themes of sexual motivation and a supposed psychopath.
President Niven spoke to 3,000 young 4-H members in Chicago, saying Americans are turning away from political radicalism. His brief Chicago trip lasted under three hours and followed his second peipty role in a month.
A collection of Christmas wish letters from youths including Steve Henry Wendy Morrow Jenny Morrow and Raley Morrow. Requests span bikes dolls clothes Robotic toys a wagon trailer a boxing bag and a gun, with notes of good behavior.
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church announces a Friday evening reception for Rev. Felipe Sosa who takes over from Rev. Francis Kunz recovering from a stroke in a San Antonio nursing home. Rev. Jerry Mackin returns to assistant pastor duties at a Seguin church, noting Rev. Kunz’s steady recovery. Rev. Sosa, from Harlingen, previously chaplain in Los Angeles and a Missionary Father, becomes father superior.
State judge moved the stock fraud bribery trial of House Speaker Gus F. Mutscher and two aides from Austin to Abilene saying publicity in Travis County could prevent an impartial jury. Trial date shifted from Jan. 10 with a possible 1 to 2 month delay.
Elmer A. Laddeke owner of an income tax service has satisfactorily finished a four week advanced income tax preparations course from H&R Block Co in Victoria. He received his certificate today and is a member of the Texas Association of Public Accountants with offices in Cuero and Yorktown.
DeWitt County Electric Cooperative asks hunters to avoid shooting near power lines and to report frayed or sagging lines. Do not shoot at birds on lines as bullets can damage lines, cause outages, and costly repairs. Call Guere 275-2334 if you spot hazards.
The Record reports an overwhelming call for clothes and bedding for five orphans. Ages 14 to 5 require specific clothing sizes and sheets blankets towels are also needed. Donations may be delivered to the welfare office on the DeWitt County Courthouse second floor or by calling Mrs. Judy Blackwell at 275-2121.
President Nixon promised a minimum annual income for older people and tax relief for the elderly at the White House Conference on Aging. He urged expansion of private pensions, better nursing home care, and programs allowing seniors to stay active in society after retirement. Delegates favored a $4,500 minimum annual income for an elderly couple and broader food stamp benefits.
The Cuero Public Library shelves a new book titled Kingdom and the Power by Gay Tales. It profiles the New York Times from Adolph Ochs’s 1896 purchase to its status as a leading global paper, with anecdotes on interviews with Castro and U S bombing in North Vietnam, and notes top writers of the past seventy years.
The message notes that sowing to the Spirit yields eternal rewards in satisfaction, assurance, and peace. It cites Galatians 6 8 and encourages living by God’s promises for a fruitful end.
Cuero City Council schedules a 60 000 gallon steel tank bid when it meets to consider a portable water storage bank for the West French well. The council may appoint a representative to the Golden Crescent Council of Governments and will open bids, review finances for 1970 71, and discuss speed zone changes.
The Senior Luther League sponsors a dance on December 10 from 8 to 12 p.m. at St Mark's Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall. High school students and their dates are invited to attend.
The First Baptist Church of Cuero Texas will host its annual Missionary Banquet Thursday evening with L. G. Bradford a layman missionary from Japan as speaker at 7 50 p m Bradford trained as a Cuero pilot from January 19 1942 to May 1949 He served in the Pacific during World War II and supported a pioneer missionary program with his wife They have four children and two grandchildren and are visiting San Antonio on leave planning to return to Japan or another Far West post.
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