Bright Sunshine Returns After White Christmas Texas
The White Christmas gave way to clear skies and higher weekend temperatures across Texas. Victoria reports 6.12 inches of rain on Christmas Eve with widespread flooding in low areas. Traffic deaths rise as Texas tallies weekend toll. Brownsville attorney Marvin Foster suspended after nine year prison sentence for theft from Benavides school district. James Ward Hargrove, 53, named U S ambassador to Australia. Dallas gasoline prices drop 4 5 cents. regular as low as 44 9 cents. Corpus Christi prosecutor Bob Terry cautions on charging charities running bingo. Goliad couple Flabio Cortinez Cabrera and Cleotilda Cabrera killed near Victoria highway.
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Marvin Foster
Brownsville
Foster
Benavides
Goliad
Victoria Highway
Flabio Cortinez Cabrera
Cleotilda
USGS accused of lowering Gulf natural gas estimate
The Nation reports the U S Geological Survey faced accusations on Thursday that it reduced its estimate of recoverable natural gas in the Gulf of Mexico. Deborah Mackall took her children Christmas Eve shopping. they disappeared during a 10 minute absence outside the toy area. Mary Maxine Cunningham, a Texas resident, died in a twin engine crash near Newport Minnesota. four relatives were injured. Public Utilities Commissioner Bill Collins announced a 14.25 million dollar Red River sewage plant as a bicentennial project. The national bicentennial medal goes on sale January 1, lasting through July. The Labor Department says nearly four million workers will receive a federal pay raise to 2.30 an hour starting January 1. Snow covered ground in Grannis Arkansas as dawn breaks on Christmas Day amid vigil for Christ's second coming. Cyrus Eaton, 91, launches a one man effort to improve U S Cuban relations but doubts quick progress.
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Red River
Public Utilities
Bill Collins
Shreveport
World pope Paul VI bids endless blessed Christmas
The Pope wished the world a blessed Christmas and criticized past generations for lack of wisdom. He warned today’s youth face hunger for power materialism and pleasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul VI
Fraud Schemes Spark Prosecution in 1975 DeWitt County
Statewide insurance fraud cases led to 13 arrests in DeWitt and adjacent counties in 1975. Fort Worth pair Norman Cowart and Tony Smith pled guilty to felony theft, receiving prison terms and restitution. Cowart testified in related cases, aiding convictions of others including Bessie Cockrell of Beeville, who faced felony theft and perjury charges and received a two-year sentence plus a ten-year probated term.
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DeWitt
State Insurance Board
Cuero District
Wiley Cheatham
Cheatham
DeWitt County
Norman Cowart
Charles Anthony
Tony) Smith
Fort Worth
Jmne
Cowart
Bessie Cockrell
Beeville
TDC
Brucellosis Quarantine Strips Texas Cattlemen of Benefits
Texas cattlemen face a January 1 halt on federal brucellosis indemnities losing about 3.7 million and a quarantine that blocks out of state cattle shipments until qualified herds are established. USDA cites noncompliance and inadequate controls as reasons, with shipments allowed only for certain stock under strict conditions.
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Texas
Department of Agriculture
USDA
Cattlemen's Association
Washington
Grand jury called for January session in 24th District Court
Twenty DeWitt County residents have been contacted and ordered to appear for possible Grand Jury duty next month. Jurors are to report at 9:00 a.m. on Monday January 5 1976 in the District Courtroom for the Winter-Spring term. Names listed include Cuero residents Martha Gonzales Marvin Bade D C Byrd Jr Ken Stimson Bill Blackwell Mary V Sanchez Thaddeus Battles Maurice Mathis Mertes Koenig Jack C Calk Herminia Mejia Yoakum Curtis Jamison Raetzsch Wagener Glen W Rudolph Roland Boedeker James Jahn Yorktown A J Wagner Melvin Straube George Klein Nordheim Dalton Janssen.
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DeWitt County
24Th District Court
Gerry Smith
Cuero
Martha Gonzales
Marvin Bade
D. C
Yoakum
Curtis Jamison
Raetzsch Wagener
Glen W., Rudolph
Roland Boedeker
James Jahn
Yorktown
A. J. Wagner
Melvin Straube
George Klein
Nordheim
Dalton Janssen
Student Recognition Day at Cuero First United Methodist Church
Cuero First United Methodist Church observes Student Recognition Day Sunday at 11 a.m. The service includes student participation with Rev. Allen Roe delivering a New Year meditation and Mrs Roe presenting a student prepared message. Church school at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 11 follow.
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Cuero
United Methodist
Allen Roe
Bailey Wichman
Council On Ministries of the Church
Roe
God
AG producers urged to track 1975 tax changes
Texas Agricultural Extension Service economist Dr. Wayne Hayenga notes major changes from the Tax Reductions Act of 1975 affecting farmers and self employed workers. Key items include a 10 percent investment credit increase through 1976 and new ways to claim credits during construction.
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Wayne Hayenga
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Hayenga
Offenses Filed In JP Court And County Court Action
Eighteen speeding tickets were filed with Justice of the Peace Albert Ley along with seven other offenses including trespassing. Others cited for speeding and listed by name hail from multiple towns. Highway Patrol issued further traffic tickets for gross weight, unprotected brakes and unlicensed operation. County Court charged Earl Roger Johnson of Kingsville with driving while intoxicated after arrest on Texas Highway 72. he posted bond and was released.
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Justice of the Peace
Albert Ley
Charlie V. Burries
Gonzales
Teddy Bob Edgar
Houston
Henry Allan Anderson
Austin
Norman Salinas
Kenedy
Gregory K. Helbig
Corpus Christi
Elsie Maresch Schumacher
Cuero
Juan Ricardo Rivera
Seadritt
Joe Rosa
Taft
Ronald James Orr
Seguin
Eddie W. Davis
Portland
Gary Allen Comb
Gavnn B. Sullivan, Jr
Victoria
Highway Patrol
Sylvester B. DeLeon, Jr
Louis Albert Campbell
Natvidad Menchaca
Leslie Battles
San Antonio
Jerry Dreyer
Joe Gonzales
Columbus
John Licon
Earl Roger Johnson
Kingsville
Glenn Boldt
Texas Motorists Face End of Paper Plates in 1976
Texas motorists will receive new auto registration applications by mail as 1976 brings changes to plates with reflective strips replacing metal plates. A bicentennial validation sticker will be placed in the upper left, and annual reissues of same plate numbers are planned for at least five years. Beginning 1978 a year round registration system will show issuance month on the sticker.
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Anera
Texas
Helen Bulgerin
DeWitt County
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DPS
U.S
Australia
James Ward Hargrove
Freeport
Dallas
Bob Terry
Terry
U.S. Geological Survey
Gulf of Mexico
Deborah Mackall
Newport
St. Paul, Minn
Mary Maxine Cunningham
America
Labor Department
Grannis
Ark
Christ
Cyrus Eaton
The
Quadrapolets
London
Reynosa
Mexico
Tamaulipas State
Italy
Tokyo
Kukrit Pramoj
Thailand
Laos
Mekong River
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Montreal
Can
Lebanon
Story of
Texas Department of Corrections
Smith
Hudgeons
Johnny Coppedge
Ernesta Morganroth
Chamber of Commerce
Bob Hesse
Chamber
Corey Duckett
Texas A&m University System
Haygenga
JP Court
N. Henry
Young Duckett
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