Nixon Signals Peace Treaty Aims By December Fifteenth
President Nixon told South Vietnam the United States plans to sign a Vietnam peace treaty by about December 15, with POWs to be released the day of signing. Nguyen Phu Duc and Henry Kissinger discussed the plan as Kissinger prepares for final talks in Paris. Thieu remained opposed to the draft pact.
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United Press International
Nixon
United States
North Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
Nguyen Phu Duc
Nguyen van Thieu
Duc
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Florida White House
Paris
Thieu
Local Holiday Preparations and Community News
Santa Claus trees water magic and cemetery care noted as Cuero begins holiday spruce up. Elizabeth Cook and family report Herbert Sames improving after illness while Joe Gonzales juggles duties on South Esplanade. Cuero’s new Big G Drive in Food Store opens with a $50 prize draw. Cuero Country Club hosts a fashion show and luncheon as Episcopalians plan another parish dinner. The Every Member Canvass defense fund campaign progresses with pledges of $50 and up. Judge Green avoids December work while community members push the 1973 Cuero United Fund campaign. Pleas Talk, 90, hospitalized after a fall at Lake Canyon home. his sons Arthur and James Talk and Earline Doyle among kin awaiting updates.
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Fain McDougal
The
Houston Post
Pleas Talk
Arthur
James Talk
Earline Doyle
New Braunfels
Lake Canyon
Pleas
Texas
Outreach Aids From Cerebral Palsy Association
DeWitt County chairman Murray Tarkington presented Cuero Outreach Program with feeding chairs walkers and other aids for Oakview School. A March fund raising drive will be sponsored by the Pilot Club of Cuero with members soliciting donations door to door and 100 donation cans to be distributed in Cuero businesses.
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DeWitt County
United Cerebral Palsy of Texas
Murray Tarkington
Cuero
Teresa Morales
Gloria Echavarria
Juan Echavarria
Maxine Haywood
Mary Polzin
United Cerebral Palsy Association of Texas
Oakview
Pilot Club of
Pilot Club
Polzin
Outlook for DeWitt County Revenue Sharing Funds
DeWitt County Auditor Lawrence Henneke says the county will receive a sizable Revenue Sharing payment this month. Commissioners Dave Weber Herbert Ruppert and Bonnie Buenger attended a seminar in Austin to study a new 30.2 billion five year federal program for state and local governments. Funds may lower taxes but may not be used to pay elected officials salaries.
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DeWitt County
Lawrence Henneke
Henneke
Dave Weber
Herbert Ruppert
Bonnie Buenger
Austin
Big G Food Store Opens on Esplanade
The formal opening of the Big G Food Store is held today at 205 South Esplanade Street next to the Gonzales Enco Service Station owned by Joe Gonzales. He invites friends to drop in for specials today.
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Joe Gonzales
South Esplanade Street
Gonzales Enco
Cuero Lions Organize Toys for Cuero Children
Cuero Lions Club member Jack Hartsell will meet Susan Davis and Cuero High School student council representatives to begin filling cards for the Toys for Toys Project. Toys will be distributed December 23 to 245 Cuero area children, with a list compiled earlier by Rev. Bob Hairston Rev. Wilson Hill and Arneckeville.
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Cuero Lion Club
Jack Hartsell
Susan Davis
Cuero High School
Cuero Area
Lions Club
Bob Hairston
Wilson Hill
Arneckeville
Cuero
Library Friends Plan Week-Long Kids Book Fair
The Friends of the Library announce a December 11 to 16 book fair at Cuero Public Library Building. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily with new children's books for sale to raise funds for expanding the library to 10,000 volumes by year end. Chair Mrs. Robert Pickens leads, assisted by Mrs. Robert Post.
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Friends of the Library
Cuero Public Library
Robert Pickens
Robert Post
City Employees Honored With Service Pins At Banquet
Nine Cuero city workers received 25 and 20 year service pins at a dinner in the municipal park clubhouse. Mayor Jack Edgar awarded pins to Trinidad Rocha of sanitation, and Trino Hernandez and Refugio Quintanilla of streets, totaling 175 years of service.
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Trinidad Rocha
Trino Hernandez
Refugio Guintanilla
Cuero
City of Cuero
Municipal Park
Refugio Quintanilla
Half Way Mark Nears In 1973 United Fund Drive
Five additional donors added 590 to the Cuero United Fund for 1973, lifting pledged and paid to 4662. The $100 and over group now counts 29 members, eleven short of the 40 goal set by the Executive Committee.
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United Fund
Cuero United Fund
Jack Howerton
Howerton
Nixon orders final briefing for Vietnam talks
President Nixon calls in his chief Vietnam negotiator for final instructions before he heads to Paris for a climactic round of talks aimed at ending the Southeast Asian war. Also UN budget row, Belfast violence, Struck case, New Orleans blaze murder link, and Tommy Maurer Christmas hope.
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Nixon
Key Biscayne
Vietnam
Paris
Tommy
Denver
Tommy Maurer
Texas
Apollo 1 tragedy nearly derailed moon program
By 1967 NASA faced a fatal Apollo 1 cabin fire during a test at Cape Kennedy. The blaze killed Grissom White and Chaffee due to pure oxygen and an electrical spark. After a redesign and safety overhaul, NASA rebuilt future Apollos, launching Saturn V on Nov. 9, 1967 to test three stages and a lunar spacecraft.
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Cape Kennedy
Earth
Moon
Edward H. White
Roger B. Chaffee
Grissom
White
Chaffee
NASA
Apollo
Pacific Ocean
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Polliwogs
By Polly Howerton
Santa Claus
Hillside Cemetery
Elizabeth
Raymond Cook
San Angelo
Herbert Sames
South Esplanade
Cuero Country Club
Howard P. Green
J. D. Bramlette, Jr
Pat Mixon
Estella J. Schorre
Mattie Herring
Clifton Weber
E. E. Sims
H. A. Hanson
Cerebral Palsy Assn
Esplanade
Cuero Lions
Library Friends
Jack Edgar
Sid Daniel
Daniel
United Nations General Assembly
United Nations
Ulster
Belfast
Lurgan
Washington
Air Force
Susan Struck
Supreme Court
New Orleans
AL Rossiter JR
UPI
Space
North American Aviation
Rocco A Petrone
Cape
Petrone
Reuss’ Pharmacy
N. Esplanade
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