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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1972
Page
1
Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan bids farewell to Rover 3 on the lunar surface describing it as a fine running machine. He notes its flaws yet says it is loaded with extras including a $115000 color TV camera. Cernan also set a lunar speed record of 11.85 mph during the farewell photo moment.
Word reaches Polliwog readers that Reverend A. C. Peterson and his wife were in a Brenham crash Wednesday but not seriously hurt. They are at Bohne Memorial Hospital. Reverend Peterson plans to return to Cuero Thursday afternoon. The note also mentions a long letter from Jean Bennett Carson, formerly of Cuero, now in Anderson South Carolina, about a Nashville Tennessee newspaper photo.
DeWitt County Commissioners Court awarded Conrad-Tarkington Insurance of Cuero a one year tort claim policy for 4894 dollars after reviewing the sole bid. Ducks Motor Co. won 2430 dollars for a new pickup with trade in. other bids were 2499 and 2993.93. The court also invited bids for a motor grader for Precinct Four with a 118 gallon grader trade in, opening January 8 at 1 30 p.m.
High school students are invited to a Christmas party at The Way Station on 201% North Esplanade. The event starts at 7 30 p m and ends at 10 30 p m on Saturday. Sponsored by several local churches including Calvary Baptist St Mark's Lutheran and First Baptist, the program will include games a Christmas sing along and refreshments after.
Homemakers in Cuero showcased their favorite dish at a lunch event in the Cuero Housing Center. A “Food Know-How” program guided by aides of the Expanded Nutrition Program explains planning, preparing, and serving nutritious meals using nutrients like Vitamin C and protein, with commodity foods included.
Seven Cuero representatives attended an all day Austin meeting on how the 32 440 federal revenue sharing funds may be spent. Arthur Fefferman said money is already appropriated for five years and reviewed allowed purposes including public safety systems environmental protection public transportation social services highways and capital projects.
News in Brief reports Jesse Hosey of Tulsa, Oklahoma, twice saw intruders enter his apartment with no theft, only cash left. Kansas City notes Truman's lung congestion worsens while his daughter doubts recovery. Kissinger to brief Nixon after talks with Hanoi envoys. Nixon makes staff changes. A national school funding vote is planned. Castro seeks hijacker accord, not US relations. Dayan predicts Egypt will not cross the Suez. San Francisco invites quake predictor Greenspan for coffee as city fears destruction.
Postmaster Henry Sheppard advises mailing domestic Christmas cards and parcels now to maximize on time delivery. He notes most dates have passed but pledges to deliver by Christmas Eve for mail deposited in the next few days and credits cooperation from early mailers for this year's effort.
Cuero Lions Club honored members at a luncheon at the American Legion Civic Center. Pins for one to nineteen years were awarded to Wayne Fromme Bob Wood Harvey Krejci Wayne Hill Glynn Carter Albert Ley Robert Post Don Albrecht W C Krueger and Bill Nami. Christmas songs by Cuero High School Choir filled the event. Visiting Lions from Victoria Downtown Lions Club attended, and a board meeting followed opting to cancel December 27 meeting and approve $25 for a patient Christmas party.
Mike Martin of Cuero rode south on Esplanade when his motorcycle collided with a northbound pickup driven by Farris DuBose as he turned into Fischer Laundry. Martin was thrown from the bike and treated and released at Cuero Community Hospital. Officer Ted Taylor investigated.
Cuero High School plans a Christmas assembly featuring Gobbler Band and Concert Choir, plus a Student Council skit. Bruce Liesman will recite a Christmas poem as chaplin, with early dismissal at 2 15 p m and vacation until January 2.
Dick West humorously laments fading memory of Nixon era appointees and Cabinet turnover. He notes Hodgson as Labor Secretary, contrasts past rosters with today, and jokes that officials suffer an “ectoplasmic” Cheshire Cat syndrome.
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