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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1972
Page
2
An editorial argues that local shopping campaigns fail because merchants may become complacent and fail to invite customers. It contends that business goes where it is welcomed and well treated, urging Cuero to attract and retain shoppers by better hosting and appreciation.
An out of town prospect came early to scout a town for a small industry. He spoke to service stations cafes shops and townspeople without revealing his purpose. Residents cited apathy poor service and lack of help as factors. The piece urges united promotion and Chamber of Commerce support.
Internal Army reports warn of a heroin epidemic among GIs in Europe driven by Nixon era drug smuggling crackdowns. By February cases shifted from hash to hard drugs, with Rhine Kaserne Wiesbaden Lee Barracks Mainz Anderson Barracks Dexheim Coleman Barracks Mannheim showing heroin use and needle outbreaks. Health measures included gamma globulin inoculations after hepatitis scares.
The text outlines a developing heroin market in Mainz Baumholder Bad Kreuznach and Mannheim with plans to stash and push drugs via middlemen and GI operators. It warns of a full blown heroin epidemic by February and notes rising drug use among veterans and military personnel.
A highway police officer Hal D 29 condemns mothers and fathers for their children littering on highways. He denounces Dr Crane and Dr Spoof and urges parental training to curb teen age debris and related crimes.
A George W. Crane column rails against permissive childrearing in schools and society. He urges rigid adult control, likening it to animal training, warns of dangerous youth behavior and promotes his procedural tests for Good Parents with a mailed request and payment.
Almanac entry lists December 5 1972 as the 340th day with 26 to follow. It notes birthdays of Walt Disney born 1901 and Phi Beta Kappa founded 1776. Other items include Polk gold discovery 1848, Prohibition repeal 1933, Lehman death 1963, and Adams quote.
The Druids called mistletoe all heal and credited it with miraculous cures. Kissing under the plant was a sport among Druids but required a mistletoe sprig cut with a golden knife. Custom also dictated removing one berry each time someone kissed beneath it.
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