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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1972
Page
1
In Midland Michigan an estimated 2000 residents were evacuated after a truck spilled 4000 gallons of gasoline into the city sewer system. Fire crews flushed gasoline from the sewers and toward the Tittabawassee River while area blocks were kept clear and windows opened to vent fumes. No injuries were reported despite a minor explosion.
Guest writer Ss. M. P. GOD IS ALIVE thanks Walter Sager for a pleasant visit. The note lists greetings from several locals and recalls slang from past eras, noting how words like groovy and roll have shifted meanings over time. Readers sent regards to Kin folks visiting Walter Koenig and others, with wishes for a Happy New Year.
The DeWitt County Grand Jury empaneled by Judge Joe Kelly began deliberations on 21 complaints. Investigations include driving while intoxicated offenses, swindling by worthless checks, carrying a pistol on licensed premises, possession of marijuana, and other issues such as forgery, theft, and assault on a police officer.
Coast Guard and Galveston County sheriff officials search for four Houston men who disappeared after a rented boat swamped in the Galveston Ship Channel. A life preserver fragment was found as a man who escaped helped two women before vanishing with the trio. Victims identified as Charles McKinney 43 Howard Murray 19 Nathan Murray 18 Thomas Louis 22. All from Houston.
The Church Council of St. Mark's Lutheran Church will convene Tuesday at 7 p.m. A dinner meeting will honor outgoing councilmen Cliften Gips Barrett Buenger Wayne Fromme and Eldred Schultz.
Tulsa based Oil and Gas Journal reports that Texas and Louisiana would be unable to meet added U S demand in a major oil supply disruption. Louisiana’s spare onshore and offshore capacity is about 20 000 barrels a day, with Texas also limited.
A devotional note cites Isaiah 59 5 and presents Jesus Christ as Gods provision for mans dilemma The entry emphasizes the atoning suffering of Jesus and his role in healing spiritual wounds for believers through faith and contemplation.
Cuero merchants launch the First Tuesday promotion with sharp specials spread across two pages of the Record. The event continues the First Monday series by the Cuero Retail Merchants Association to stimulate local shopping, aiming to promote Cuero throughout the year.
Kathy Grover of Robstown started work Jan. 3 as an agent in training under Mrs Mildred Martin in DeWitt County Home Demonstration. The office is on the second floor of the DeWitt County Courthouse. She is a Southwest Texas State College graduate and will transfer to Karnes County as a home demonstration agent after training.
The final United Press International count shows 456 people died in traffic accidents during the 78 hour New Year weekend period ending Sunday midnight. California led with 64 deaths followed by Texas 59 Florida 31 Michigan 24 Georgia 23 and Ohio 21. Alaska Delaware New Hampshire and the District of Columbia reported no deaths.
Georgina Culver, 49, recounts four days snowbound with her husband Stanley 55 in a Tehachapi Mountains trailer north of Los Angeles. Oxygen supplies exhausted, she sought help from motorists and locals but received none as helicopters flew overhead. She finally escaped after the snow blocked the door and the road lay a mile and a half away.
A winter storm moved into the Texas Panhandle bringing freezing temperatures near 12 degrees and blowing snow. Winds up to 30 mph with possible four inches of snow by Tuesday afternoon prompted storm warnings from the Panhandle to Abi lene and potential snow as far south as Dallas Fort Worth. Local observations in Dalhart noted near two degrees with heavy snowfall as the front crossed Amarillo at dawn.
Gulf Coast Wood Products expands into 1972 with a new 40 000 square foot door plant move from East South Railroad Street to the Brayton Field hangar on Lovers Lane. The firm adds 20 workers now with plans to grow. dormitory furniture and school hospital casework continue, joining Modular Components for town houses and motels. A back log of orders extends beyond a year and Ernster forecasts a busy construction year.
Cuero residents Kathy Gayle Fehner Debora L. Flessner Jo Ann Frers Ann Lynn Reiffert are named among 599 Southwest Texas State University candidates for December degree completion. Fehner and Flessner earned BS in Education from the School of Business. Frers and Reiffert earned BA and BS degrees from the College of Liberal Arts and Education.
A Lutheran Church in America commission proposes a yearly vote on staying in a church, dropping those who do not renew. The plan, inspired by small groups like Community of Christ, aims to strengthen commitment, reduce nominal membership, and increase active support through tithes and time.
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