Nickel coffee and state lotteries in Texas politics
The column recalls a misprint about nickel coffee at Reuss Drug Store, muses on state finances and a possible Texas state lottery, mentions损 stock fraud concerns tied to Sharpstown, and reviews Lloyd Bentsen and John Connally's paths to Washington including Connally’s 1964 run for Texas governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Graves
Houston
Austin
Sharpstown State Bank
Rep. Graves
Lloyd Bentsen
U.S. Senate
John B. Connally
Washington
Bentsen
Senate
Ralph Yarborough
George Bush
Connally
Richard Nicw
Rio Grande Valley
Navy
Texas
Reuss Pharmacy Opens In New Building With Candy Tea
Reuss Pharmacy moves to the 500 block of North Esplanade in a new Reuss Building. Volunteers helped stock the store which blends antique and modern styles. coffee and tea are nickel, hot soup and cocoa a dime from a self-serve machine. Vanity Fair Beauty Shop also opens in the same building. Perry Bros. Variety Store held a grand opening drawing large crowds, part of a 106 store chain. Grand openings set for March 4 5 and 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuss Pharmacy
Reuss Drug Store
East Main Street
Reuss
North Esplanade
Joe Reuss
Vanity Fair Beauty Shop
Perry Bros. Variety Store
Bill Cowan
Cuero Perry's
Piney Woods
Texas
West
Addi
Charles
Louisiana
East Main
Yorktown Housing Loan Wins Okay
A Farmers Home Administration insured loan of 80 000 to Yorktown Rental Housing Inc will finance a six unit rental project in Yorktown. The four two bedroom and two three bedroom apartments will include baths kitchens living dining areas and outside storage with car ports. Robert Eyhern is president of Yorktown Rental Housing Inc, a community non profit sponsor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorktown
Farmers Home Administration
Darrell Cooper
Robert B. Eyhern
Yorktown Rental Housing, Inc
City plans off street parking along North Railroad Street
Public Works Director Hercel Thompson outlined a major Cuero off street parking project along North Railroad from Esplanade to Stockdale. The plan, drawn in 1969 by Lockwood Andrews and Newnam, also aims to widen East Railroad and eliminate angled Main Street parking to ease shopping hour congestion. The schedule remains undetermined.
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Esplanade
Stockdale
Main
Gonzales
eSane
East Main
N. Railroad
Municipal Park
Courthouse
Cuero Housing Authority
Dave Weber
Bonnie Buenger
Gobbler Stadium
Victoria Highway
Hunt Street
Morgan
Panhandle Snowstorm Paralyzes Panhandle North Texas Roads
Panhandle and South Plains suffer blizzard conditions with 4 to 24 inches of snow and 30 mph winds. Roads and schools shut, ambulances halted, and National Guard rescues underway for trapped travelers between Amarillo and Childress. Tornadoes strike Bellmead and Athens causing injuries and property damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero
DeWitt County
KCFH
Espanade
Panhandle
South Plains
United Press International
Plainview
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Kansas
Lubbock
Laverne
Okla
Texas Panhandle
Preston Smith
National
Amarillo
Childress
Bellmead
Waco
Texas
Athens
Ama
Penal Code Reform Hearing Sets Tonight in Texas
A Texas House Senate committee begins hearings on a sweeping penal code reform, removing the controversial abortion section from the bill. Rep Jim Nugent and Sen Charles Herring lead the measure, with abortion to be addressed in separate legislation due to strong opposing sentiments. The reform would replace murder with internal or knowing murder concepts and consolidate theft into eight pages across ten sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
WPD House-Senate
State Bar of Texas
Jim Nugent
Jd-Kerrville
Charles Herring
Herring
Texas
Bus Plunges Into Ravine South of Jakarta Killing Eight
A bus plunged into a deep ravine near Jakarta, sinking in 10 feet of water and killing eight passengers while injuring 16. The crash happened Sunday as the vehicle tried to avoid an oncoming car in the bus lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jakarta
UPI
Patman pushes bill to secure coast insurance coverage
Senator Patman cites urgent need for property insurance along the Texas coast after Celia. He co sponsors Senate Bill 31 to empower the Texas Insurance Commission to require licensed companies to accept shared coverage for homes businesses and schools not available on the open market. The measure would have the State Board of Insurance approve a plan for fair allocation of scarce coverage among fire and casualty insurers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Bill Patman
Austin
Senate Committee On Insurance
Schwartz
Galveston
Texas Insurance Commission
Port Lavaca
State Board of Insurance
Patman
Washington's Birthday Prayer From George Washington
The Daily Record prints a prayer attributed to George Washington urging citizens to cultivate obedience to government and brotherly love for fellow Americans while showing mercy and humility in the spirit of the Divine Founder. A copy is posted in Freedoms Foundation guest houses in Valley Forge Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Congress of the United States
The
Daily Record
Patriotic Emblems Committee
Pilot Club of
Cuero
of Freedoms Foundation
Valley Forg
United States
Electric Co op Oratory Contest Finals Tonight
Finalists from Cuero Yoakum Goliad and Hallettsville compete at Cuero High School for top honors in the Rural Electric Cooperatives Youth Tour contest. One boy and one girl win all expense trips to Washington D C in June with bus travel and chaperoned visits to federal agencies and NRUC A headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government In Action
Cuero High School
Washington, D. C
Fain McDougal
DeWitt County
Susan Gohmert
Donald Ray Hardt
Cuero
Elizabeth Nuine
Mark Weishwill
Joyce Ann Schuenemar
Wilfred Baumann
New Elizabeth Couch
Tederson
Goliad
Kuester
Yoakum
Jack Hayes
George Trowell
Claude B. Mullins
Hallettsville
John Luecke
la Grange
Fayette Electric Coop
Texas Electric Cooperatives
McDougal
Washington, D.C
National Rural Eleetre Cooperative Association
National Service Organization
Washington
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Peter
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Yorktown Housing Loan
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