Cleanup fees blamed on event groups at Cuero park
Recreation Director R. D. Kizer Jr says dance and park cleanup costs totaling 150 dollars are charged to groups using the Clubhouse and park. The city assigns cleanup to regular workers instead of relying on users, with similar charges seen at the Cuero Livestock Show carnival. Trail Boss John C. Hamilton of the Rawhide Riders and Old Chisholm Trail Drivers comments near Nixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chisholm
Municipal Park
San Antonio
R. D. Kizer Jr
John C. Hamilton
Rawhide
Nixon
Chisholm Trail Unit Ousts Five Members After Disturbance
Five members of the Old Chisholm Trail Drivers Association were ousted for taking part in a disturbance at the Westhoff American Legion Hall. Trail Boss John C. Hamilton said the Monday ride from Westhoff to Nixon went smoothly. Four persons in DeWitt County face aggravated assault charges related to the incident. The group planned a ride to Lavernia with a barbecue at the Lavernia Chamber campsite and a Western dance afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old
Chisholm Trail Drivers Association
John C. Hamilton
Chisholm
Nixon
Lavernia
Cibolo Creek
Accident Victim Satisfactory After Yorktown Crash
Becky Burt seventeen of Yorktown remains in satisfactory condition at a San Antonio hospital after face surgery from injuries in a Friday night auto crash. Thomas Barfield twenty two of Yorktown and Mary Ashby of Cuero were admitted to Yorktown Hospital for observation and later released. Barfield, son of Mr and Mrs Joe Barfield, was driving on Dobskyville Road when he lost control on a curve. the car flipped two and a half times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becky Burt
Yorktown
San Antonio
Miss Burt
Eileen Burt
Siesta la Casa
Thomas Barfield
Mary Ashby
Cuero
Yorktown Hospital
Thomas
Joe Barfield
Victoria College
Barfield
Dobskyville Road
Senate hearing on state finances pivots to welfare funding
The Texas Senate, led by Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes, considers moving funds from the teacher retirement system to the welfare budget to cover 34.9 million for six months without deficit spending. The plan defers retirement contributions until September, with no impact on pensions. Sen. A. M. Aikin calls it a temporary fix to avoid hot checks and deficit financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arnold Austin
State Senate
Ben Barnes
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Sen. A. M. Aikin
Dparis
Aikin
Texas Senate backs 18 year old voting and semi-permanent registration
The Texas Senate voted 26 to 5 to amend the state constitution to let 18 year olds vote in state and local elections and repeal annual registration. A 28 to 3 vote approved semi permanent voter registration. Senators debated annual legislative sessions for about 20 minutes with mixed support and opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas Senate
Joe Bernal
San Antonio
A. M. Aikin Jr
Paris
Wayne Connally
Floresville
Henry Grover
Houston
William T. Moore
Dbryan
J. P. Ward
Meridian
Bernal
Congress
Mike McKool
Dallas
D. H. Harris
Grover
Connally
Jim Bates
Edinburg
Bates
Texas
Cobb resigns as KCFH general manager in Cuero
Jim Cobb, general manager of KCFH, resigns effective immediately to join a Houston firm. Jerry Gartman will assume the duties as general manager and noted he and his family live on the Jesse Poenitzsch farm on the Old Yorktown Highway. Cobb began at KCFH in September 1969 and praises Cuero residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobb
Houston
Cuero
Jerry Gartman
Gartman
Diane
Mike
Karen
Jesse Poenitzsch
Yorktown
KCFH
Apollo 14 Ready for Pacific Splashdown Return
Apollo 14 returns from the moon with a wealth of data and proof of human exploration. Ground control reports a precise reentry path with no steering correction required. The helicopter carrier New Orleans waits 900 miles south of Samoa to recover astronauts Alan Shepard Stuart Roosa and Edgar Mitchell minutes after 3 04 p m Cuero time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
New Orleans
Samoa
Alan B. Shepard
Stuart A. Roosa
Edgar D. Mitchell
Cuero
Ex Cueroite Drowned in Vietnam During Second Tour
Milfred Ray Green 20, formerly of Cuero, died in a drowning accident in Vietnam on Saturday. He was the nephew of Ernest Barnett and Arthur Barnett of Cuero, born in Cuero, and attended local schools before moving to San Antonio with his mother Corinne K. Sterling. Funeral services are pending in San Antonio. Survivors include his mother, two sisters Fra Joyce Green and Jeanie Green, and half-brother Anthony Sterling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero
Milfred Ray Green
Vietnam
Green
Ernest Barnett
Arthur Barnett
San Antonio
Corinne K. Sterling
San Ananico
Joyce Green
Jeanie Green
Anthony Sterling
Bert Kirk Back Here After Illness in San Antonio
Cuero attorney Bert Kirk, long prominent in the community, has been moved from a San Antonio hospital to Cuero Community Hospital. He remains seriously ill and is reported improving slowly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Kirk
Cuero
San Antonio
Cuero Community Hospital
Yoakum Voters Decide On $300,000 Civic Center Bond
Yoakum voters go to the polls to decide authorizing a $300,000 bond issue for financing most of a proposed civic center and leather museum. Backers praise the project while opponents warn of higher taxes to repay the bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yoakum
County approves $20 monthly raise for county employees
DeWitt County commissioners on Monday granted a $20 per month salary increase for county employees at a total cost of $12,800. Elected and appointed officials did not receive the raise. The measure, proposed Jan 27, was tabled for study and could be funded if the 1971 budget is revised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt County
Lawrence Henneke Henneke
Highway Hearing Scheduled for Farm to Market 237
FE A Riha senior resident engineer of the Texas Highway Department Yoakum district announces a meeting in Cuero on Thursday February 11 at 9 30 a m to discuss contraction on Farm to Market road 237 in DeWitt County The meeting will be at the Texas Highway Department office on U S 87 between the Senior High School and Cuero Municipal Park The road runs from Yorktown Meyersville to Victoria
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. A. Riha
Texas Highway Department Yoakum District
Cuero
DeWitt County
Texas Highway Department
Cuero Municipal Park
Yorktown
Meyersville
Victoria
Troop 241 Plans Scout Week Activities in Cuero
Boy Scout Troop 241 sponsored by The First United Methodist Church of Cuero outlines Scout Week January 7 to 13 with a model campsite display at the church and an observance of Scout Sunday February 11. Weeklong activities include wearing uniforms at school and a Conservation Campout at Hartman place southeast of Armkeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BOY Scout
Cuero
D. L. Prentice
First United Methodist Church of
Travis Spears
Rickey Wagner
Allan Liest
Bruce
Douglas Taylor
Bob Gohike
First United Methodist Church
Hartman Place
Armeckeville
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Henry Sheppard Jr
Caere Gobblers
Southern Methodist
Bob McQueen
Henry Shepperd Sr
Henry Sr
McQueen
Sheppards
Henry
Mustang
Hayden Fry
Kelly Overturf
Victoria High School
Leane
DL. Prentice Record
Westhoff American Legion Hall
Leonard Prewitt
Association
Jim Cobb
Mana
Ger
Apollo
Cueroite
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