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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1971
Page
1
Cuero residents reminisce on a bygone chit chat game trade last and ponder the town’s youngest grandmothers. The Cuero Record invites nominations while noting new mail rules aimed at curb pornographic advertising, with details in Town Talk on Page 6.
Cuero's Cuero Fair and Turkey Trot Association will meet at 7 30 p m on Thursday to plan a city celebration. President Lester Frers announced the gathering at the Chamber of Commerce meeting. Directors will convene in Errol Dietze's office to discuss plans and ongoing mail service changes.
Early reports say four masked youths with possibly black hats and shooting irons robbed men gathered for a game night near Westhoff and Smiley. They reportedly relieved victims of about seventeen thousand five hundred dollars from ivory dice marked with dots. No arrests were reported.
DeWitt County teachers heard that the next three years will shape American public schools at a Cuero High gathering. Dr. W C Newberry urged action over worry, criticizing youth worship and mass misinformation while stressing proper authority and discipline in schools.
Texas Highway Commission awards highway projects in Gonzales DeWitt Victoria Fayette Colorado Lavaca Wharton Counties. Marbet Company to grade 3 miles of Farm to Market Road 237 in DeWitt. low bid 239188.27. Fe A Riha in charge. 175 working days. Ashland Oil awarded 8.4 miles of Interstate 10 in Gonzales County. low bid 2154304.35. Project from east of Caldwell County to end of SH 304 overpass.
Gov. Preston Smith faces hurdles as his plan to fund education with 450 million in free public school revenue bonds stalls in the Texas House. Delays push debate, while House leaders foresee trouble for advancing the bond issue and welfare amendment tied to a May 18 special election.
Work has started at the corner of Broadway and Hunt to clear land for a new drive in grocery store. R V Willis Construction Co of Corpus Christi is the contractor for a West Texas based store chain. A second site is planned at 809 N Esplanade with two 2626 square foot structures costing 28590 each.
Juan Dominguez pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and received a $100 fine along with a 10 day jail sentence probated for one year. Separate filings accused David Lopez and Maximino Lecon of failure to require a child to attend school.
Cuero endured a near dry January with only brief dampings from a few early morning fogs. J H Parker reports less than a tenth of an inch measured in January and 2.7 inches for January 1970. statewide drought remains severe with light coastal showers and no statewide rain.
Apollo 14 astronauts Alan Shepard Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa sped toward the Fra Mauro landing after a dock problem vanished. Ground crews confirmed the docking mechanism now working, briefing a final check before Friday’s planned moon touchdown.
Cuero Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3972 and Auxiliary were represented by Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Schaffner at the Texas Department Mid-Winter Round-Up in the Stephen F. Austin Hotel Austin hosted by the Travis County VFW Council. Attendees included Texas Commander Clifford Teer and Department Auxiliary president Janie Ashworth with national Auxiliary President Mary Cottone of New York and VFW Senior Vice Commander Joseph L. Whites of Pennsylvania visiting.
The Cuero Livestock Show board names committee heads for 1971 events on March 11 12 with Mike Weber as exhibits chief and Orval Wright DeWitt County Agent supervising judges. Mike Herrington will serve as general manager and Cuero High School plans a homemaking show alongside the stock event.
Keith Neck, 18, a cheese packer, proposed using a blue dye covered purse as bait to catch a thief at a factory canteen. He admitted taking the purse containing one penny and was fined 19 dollars and 20 cents by a court. Neck said it was a stupid act and claimed he acted without thinking.
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