Texas Governor blocks press at signing of first session law
Gov. Preston Smith refused press access to witness his signing of the first legislation of this session. The headline notes peevish reaction to coverage of a stock profit tied to a defunct bank and an insurance company owner, with no law broken. The bill extends Texas voter registration through February, but voters cannot cast ballots this year.
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Preston Smith
Smith
Texas
Gov. Smith
Securities and Exchange Commission
Troop 243 Committee Chosen at Scout Meeting
At a recent Troop 243 adult committee meeting, officers and members were elected for a year starting March 1. Alvin Noack was named committee chairman, Frank Tyl secretary treasurer, Harvey Schumacher facilities, Hubert Barber equipment, Bob Wood advancement membership and merit badges, Rogelio Trevino outdoors, Earl Ray public relations, and an institutional representative.
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Boy Scout Troop
Alvin Noack
Frank Tyl
Harvey Schumacher
Hubert Barber
Bob Wood
Rogelio Trevino
Earl Ray
Astronauts Wrap Up Moon Walk On Apollo 14 Mission
Apollo 14 crewmates Alan B. Shepard Edgar D. Mitchel completed 33 1 2 hours on Fra Mauro Valley carrying the largest data and moon rock haul from three missions. They left golf balls and a javelin, faced stiff climbs and docking glitches, while Roosa orbited 70 miles above. The crew ends a historic moon exploration praised as a scientific success.
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Moon
Shepard
Mitchell
Stuart A. Roosa
Lunar
Earth
Cone
Robin Brett
Space Agency
Antares
Pilot Club honors Cuero Marine Corps PFC Jay A. Pietsch
PFC Jay A. Pietsch of the U S Marine Corps is Pilot Club Honor Roll Serviceman of the Week. A Cuero High School graduate, he joined in May 1970, completed boot camp at San Diego, earned Private First Class, trained at Camp Pendleton, and shipped to Vietnam to Da Nang for duty in the brush. He is the son of Mr and Mrs E R Pietsch of Cuero.
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Jay A. Pietsch
U.S. Marine Corps
Cuero Record and Pilot Club
Cuero High School
Pietsch
Victoria College
Marine Corps
San Diego
Pletsch
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Vietnam
da Nang
E. R. Pietsch
Cuero
Church Shows Israel Film This Evening
First Baptist Church hosts His Land a musical journey film tracing Israel from ancient Galilee to Jerusalem at 7 p.m. Cliff Barrows and Cliff Richards reflect on prophecies with a Ralph Carmichael score and Richards songs. The public is invited to attend.
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Israel
First Baptist Church
Jesus and the
Galilee
The
Wilderness
Jerusalem
Mount of Olives
Cliff Barrows
Cliff Richards
Ralph Carmichael
Richards
Drug Charge Is Filed Here
Norman H. Powell Jr. of Cuero is charged with possession of marijuana in Justice of the Peace Albert Ley's Court. The complaint was filed Friday afternoon. Powell is free on $2,500 bond. The arrest followed a January 30 stop on the Goliad Highway.
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Norman H. Powell Jr
Cuero
Justice of the Peace
Albert Ley
Powell
Jim Hwitzpatrick
Goliad
Ley
Chisholm Trail Ride Getting Early Start
The 10th annual Old Chisholm Trail Drive opens at 8 a.m. heading from Cuero toward Westhoff then Nixon and Lavernia with a 20 mile leg to each stop. Festivities featured a barbecue, Western dances, plaques to towns and queens, and a campfire finale with local schools handling meals. Officers include trail boss John C. Hamilton and a roster listing Cuero Victoria Smiley Nixon and other communities.
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San Antonio
Municipal Park
Cuero Rawhide
Rawhide Riders
Ann Mary Vaughn
Rawhide
Shawn Wilke
Yvonne DuBose
Smiley
Chisholm Trail
Tex-Tan Western Leather Co
Yoakum
John C. Hamilton
Westhoff
Nixon
Smiley High School
City Square
City of
Lavernia
Sayers
Cuero
Leo Garber
Victoria
Trail
Elmo Sample
Pete Pieradella
Melvin Hilbrich
Westheff
Adeline Pierodella
Julius Schiebe
Braxton DuBose
Charles Mahan
Pete Worthington
Supermarket trainee changes name to Anthony Taylor
Perivale England Anthony Fidler an executive trainee at a supermarket legally changed his name to Anthony Taylor saying Fidler sounded dishonest and would hinder his career.
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Supermarket
Anthony Fidler
Anthony Taylor
Fidler
Texas to vote on four constitutional amendments May 18
Texas lawmakers back four proposed constitutional amendments for a May 18 special election. The ethics measure would create a nine member commission with confidential financial disclosures. Other amendments seek welfare spending limits, allowing constitutional changes in special sessions, and issuing 100 million dollars in general revenue bonds for city sewage treatment matching funds.
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Austin
Tex
UPI
Texas
Senate
Henry Gover
Houston
A. R. Schwartz
D-Galveston
DeWitt County Council Names Envoys for Home Demonstration Session
Delegates elected at Friday's DeWitt County Home Demonstration Council meeting will attend the District Home Demonstration meeting in Smithville on March 30. Delegates are Mrs Callie Henneke Miss Emmie Pflug Mrs Edwin Nagel and Mrs William Kozielski. alternate.
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Smithville
DeWitt County
Cuero Hospital Board to Discuss New Administrator
Cuero Hospital District directors meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday to discuss appointing a new administrator for Cuero Community Hospital and to elect officers for 12 months. Current administrator Riley Aldrich resigned January 19 to join Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas and will train in Dallas for four to six months before a new assignment.
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Riley Aldrich
Aldrich
Blue Cross
Blue Shield of
Texas
Dallas
Cuero Hospital Foundation
New
Cuero
Houston
Corpus Christi
Howard Kleinecke
Dewey Henderson
Clifton Weber
Weber
Cuero School Board Set to Review Building Program
Cuero School Board will study the district building program at its regular monthly meeting on February 11 at 7 30 p m. Other business includes equipment and supplies purchases personnel actions and setting trustee election dates.
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Cuero School Board
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1St Marines
FPO
San Francisco
Chisholm Trail Ride
Perivale
England
HD Council
S. A. Butler
Eounty Courthouse
Kozielski
Council
THDA
Callie Henneke
Mildred Martin
Cuero Community Hospital
Cuero Hospital
Navy
Froeman
Gene Gagliardi
Davy
Chip Maury
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