Polliwogs and Personal News From Cuero 1973
Local column recaps Tuesday events in Cuero during New Year period. Notes include parties at Nancy Cole and Charlie Cole home, visits by Ann Sheppard and family, Woffords returning to Kingsville, deer caught by Ronnie Bryant and Daphne Bryant in Leakey, San Antonio visitors Gonzaleses, weather with a 21 degree low, and a mix of greetings, birthdays, and notices about lost SS card pickup.
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Cuero
Nancy
Charlie Cole
Ann
Gillette Sheppard
Longview
Frank Sheppard
Ronnie
Daphne Bryant
Leakey
O. A. Zimmerman
Cuba
Cleo
St. Louis
Charlotte
Paul A. Busch
Florissant
Zim
Texas Tops Nation in Holiday Traffic Deaths
United Press International report shows New Year weekend traffic toll near the National Safety Council forecast with Texas leading the states at 55 deaths. Other tallies include California 34 Illinois 30 New York 25 and Florida 25. Several states reported no deaths.
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Texas
United Press International
National Safety Council
California
Illinois
New York
Florida
Ohio
Wyoming
South and
North Dakota
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Colorado
Hawaii
Idaho
Alaska
Barroom riot erupts on Fort Lauderdale beach
A New Year's Eve disturbance on a half mile stretch of resort beach in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, erupts into a three hour riot with multiple participants, injuries reported and police response ongoing.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Ulster
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Tips Taxed as Income For Employees
The notice states tips are taxable income and must be reported to the employer when cash tips total $20 or more in a calendar month. It notes withholding of income and Social Security taxes and the deadline of the 10th of the following month. It promotes IRS documents 5635 Employees Daily Record of Tips and Report of Tips to Employer and Publication 531 Reporting Your Tips for Federal Tax Purposes.
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Chives C. Hannd
Internal Revenue Service
Victoria
Deer Killed When Hit By Cuero Driver
The Texas Highway Patrol reports Werner Albert Afflerback of Cuero escaped injuries when his pickup struck a deer on a county road 2.5 miles southeast of Westhoff. The crash occurred around 7 p.m. Sunday as his vehicle rolled onto its left side. Patrolman Robert Dobbins investigated.
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Texas Highway Patrol
Werner Albert Afflerback
Cuero
Westhoff
Highway Patrol
Afflerback
Robert Dobbins
Cuero Federal Ends 1972 With Record Investments
Cuero Federal Savings and Loan Association ends 1972 with assets over 32 million and a record investor base of 7 000 receiving 1 392 734 69 in total interest. Howard Kleinecke notes strong growth across quarters and predicts continued expansion as Cuero and South Texas economies rise. The firm cites a five million asset increase year over year and confirms leadership and staff.
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Cuero Federal Savings and Loan Association
South Texas
Howard Kleinecke
Cuero Federal
Cuero
Kleinecke
Name Change Sought For Local Well
An application to amend an oil lease name has been submitted by B. D. K. Production Company of Victoria. The new name will be Reiffert Friar Gas Unit on Sa & MG RR Survey A-442 eight and a half miles east of Cuero. Well Number One is a gas wildcat completed to 5,237 feet. it had been drilled as Reiffert Brothers Trust C-1.
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B. D. K. Production Company of
Victoria
Reiffert Friar Gas
Sa & MG RR
Cuero
Reiffert Brothers Trust
Cuero Lions Welcome District Governor Visit
Cuero Lions Club will host District Governor Paul A. Wilmoth Jr. at their weekly meeting at the American Legion Civic Center. Wilmoth, Beeville Lions member and former deputy district governor, will conduct his official club visit and be honored for multiple Lions awards.
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Cuero
Lions Club
Paul A. Wilmoth
American Legion Civic Center
Wilmoth
Beeville Lions Club
Beeville Club
Lions International
Sul Ross State University
Alpine
Bee County College
Beeville
Cuero Lion
Jim Stone
Technical Talks Reopen At Paris Meeting Site
The United States resumed its search for a negotiated Vietnam peace by opening a fresh round of talks at a technical level with the North Vietnamese on details of a military and political settlement. The talks precede resumed Paris negotiations set for January 8 between Dr. Henry A. Kissinger and North Vietnamese representatives.
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Paris
UPI
United States
Vietnam
Henry A
Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Nixon
Washington
Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi Haiphong
Nguyen van Thieu
South
White House
Georges Pompidou
Elysee Palace
U.S
William H. Sullivan
State Department
Indochina
Heyward Isham
George Aldridge
Nguyen Co
Westhoff Group To Host Area Hermann Sons Lodge Installation
Hermann Sons Lodge No 127 will host officer installation ceremonies for 13 area lodges at 2 p m Sunday Jan 7 at the American Legion Hall in Westhoff A Grand Lodge team led by Hardy A Mosel will conduct rites with Samuel L Ahr Charles Meyer and Elsie Poenisch as laws committee members Also listed are the lodges and mixed lodges to be installed and a note on the Order’s 111 year Texas history and activities including youth programs and a home for aged members
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Westhoff Hermann Sons Lodge No
Hermann Sons
American Legion Hall
Westhoff
Hardy A. Mosel
Fredericksburg
Samuel L. Ahr
San Antonio
Charles Meyer
Yorktown
Elsie Poenisch
Corpus Christi
Ahr
Meyer
Grand Lodge
Cuero
Lindenau
Nordheim
Gruenau
Yoakum
Weesatche
Order of Hermann Sons
Texas
Comfort
Tex
Truman Will Grants Papers To U S People
Independence Missouri UPI reports Harry S Truman's 22 page will released as public record gives nearly all of his papers to the people of the United States. The will signed January 14 1959 also leaves Truman's personal belongings to his widow Bess at their Independence home. Truman died a week ago after a long illness and was buried Thursday.
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Independence, Mo
Cuero Fire Dept Responds to Five Weekend Grass Fires
The Cuero Volunteer Fire Dept answered five weekend alarms for grass fires in Cuero. At 11 10 a m they battled a ten acre blaze at Jack Murray farm Ratcliff. Other incidents hit Lee Barta farm on the A M Route and along the Victoria highway near KCFH with limited damage. A fire occurred on a vacant lot on Mathis Street with no damage reported. Officials warn citizens to use caution outdoors as dry brush and winds raise fire risk despite some rain.
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Cuero
Jack Murray
Ratcliff
Lee Barta
A&m
Victoria Highway
KCFH
Cheapside Tr
Mathis St
World Champion Liar of 1972 Named by Burlington Club
Charles M. Hatch of Miles City Montana wins top honors as World Champion Liar of 1972 by the Burlington Liars Club Otis C Hulett founder of the club also gave honorable mention to five others with humorous falsehoods The runners include Carter Hunnicutt Barbara Tolstyga a Marathon Wisconsin resident and others who shared tall tales involving birds illness and stretching the truth
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Burlington, Wis
UPI
Charles M. Hatch
Miles City
Mont
Hatch
The
Burlington Liars’s Club
Otis C. Hulett
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Search For Peace
Polliwogs
By Polly Howerton
Marianne
John Wofford III
Kingsville
Mrs
John T. Wofford II
Bill Markowski
Mac’’ Gonzales
Alfonso Gonzales
Gene Finney II
Gale and
Frances Oliver
Refugio
Alex Hamilton
Fielding Breeden
Sonora
Alice Grinder
East Morgan
Peace Cragin
Lloyd Fritz
Richard Lassman
Tom Kennedy
Michael Charles
North Esplanade
Vatican City
Vatican
Pope Paul VI
Britain
London
Edward Heath
Japan
Miami
Eastern Airlines
Everglades
Hubert Humphrey
Congress
DEMOS
Pat Nixon
Southern Cal
Ohio State
M. Clifton Weber
E. T. Summers, Jr
Eugene F. Grafe
Kenneth W. Adams
Olene B. Prasek
Gladys Dieringer
Alice Jo Scheibe
Savings and Loan Association
Alta Mae Reese
Ellen M. Schley
Patsy Heath
Roseann Jacob
Cuero Lions
Dist
By George Libera
Westhoff Group
Hermann Lodges
Truman
Cuero Fire Department
Carter Hunnicutt
Big Bend
Wis
Barbara Tolstyga
Kenosha
Marathon
Clarence N. Breitenfeldt
E. A. Hendrickson
Joplin
Doris Willicam
Baton Rouge, la
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