Local Notices And Visits Across Texas Towns
Mrs Laurence Weber and children Renee and Larry return to Texas City after caring for her mother who suffered a Christmas injury. Families from Corpus Christi and Cuero attend New Year gatherings at Rockport and Fort Ritchie Maryland. DeWitt County Judge George Trowell vacationing in Florida. others visit relatives in Louisiana and Washington DC. Local Lions groups exchange visits and residents attend family funerals and holidays.
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Lawrence Weber
Renee
Larry
Texas City
W. R. Towery
Irene Wimbish
Alma Davis
Cuero
Polliwogs and party notes brighten Cuero holidays
City electricians begin taking down Christmas decorations including the lighted creche at Kathleen and Clete Ernster's home from New Year's Eve glow. John Barnes now presides as Prescott College president after holiday visit with Cuero residents. Walter Sager praised for turnips. Birthday wishes go to several locals. Hone hint offers sewing repair tip for loosely woven fabrics.
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Kathleen
Clete Ernster
John
Mary Barnes
Prescott
Arizona
Bible reading by 80 volunteers nears halfway mark in Glendale
In Glendale California 80 volunteers including governors senators and mayors carry on a nonstop Bible reading now in its third day. The marathon began at midnight New Year’s Day and should end Tuesday pastor Harold M S Richards says the aim is to urge people to reexamine the Bible as wisdom and problem solving for the 1970s
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Glendale
Calif
UPI
Harold M. S. Richards
Aiother
Nixon says Agnew stay on ticket if he runs
President Nixon defends keeping Spiro Agnew as his vice president in a TV interview. He argues that one should not break up a winning combination if he seeks a second term.
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Washington
Nixon
Spiro Agnew
Student Receives Degree at Baylor University
Patricia Steele daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph Coppedge earned a B S degree in physical education at Baylor University Waco She was among 315 December graduates and no public ceremony was held The next official commencement will be at end of the spring semester.
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Patricia Steele
Ralph Coppedge
Baylor University
Waco
Miss Steele
Cuero Cash Grain Me Ear Corn and Shelled Corn Prices
Local grain quotes show ear corn at 1.05 per bushel and shelled corn at 1.25 per bushel. In San Antonio livestock news from UPI, cattle numbers: 750 head. slaughter cows steady and some bulls near steady. feeders steady with good demand. Cows sold 24.10 to 26.50, cutters 22.30 to 23.70, utility bulls 28.60 to 29.20, feeders by weight with 250 to 350 lb ranges 44.10 to 46.00 for good, and 38.10 to 42.20 for heifers. Hog market light with scattered 400 to 550 lb sows and limited prices.
Too Much Room For The Cannon Too Much Room For The Cannon
Steve Smith 22 took a human cannonball job after answering a travel ad. He rode the cannon, the barrel split, the cannon exploded, and he landed in a lake still stuck in half the barrel. Carnival owner Joe Weston Webb called him too fat and Smith quit.
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Littlethorpe
England
UPI
Steve Smith
Smith
Joe Weston-Webb
Pat Sez Mature Wisdom Bits From a Beauty Shop
A collection of aphorisms on nature and character. A beauty shop operator illustrates practical wit while a man with many friends is described as friendly. Dignity and tact are defined as restraint and careful speech.
Auction Market Notes: Sheep and Goats Steady
Late Monday bids show cattle 400-550 pounds at 14.00 to 15.00 and 23 grade, 1.00 lower than last week. Sheep and goats cataloged at about 100 head each with no test.
Western Vegetables Lead Holiday Parade Recipe
Fresh Relishes with Swiss Fondue uses Swiss cheese and white wine to create a thick melted dip for raw vegetables. Shred cheese with flour, heat with wine, season with salt pepper and mace, then serve in a chafing dish over a candle. Makes about two cups. Garnish ideas include carrot curls celery sticks and colorful vegetables.
Obituary for Harold W Manning of Yoakum Texas
Harold W Manning 38 Yoakum native and former Cuero school teacher died Sunday of an apparent heart attack at his Holland Texas home where he taught autopsy planned Funeral services tentatively set for 3 30 p m Wednesday Buffington Funeral Home Chapel with Rev W W Connally pastor First Baptist Church Burial in Yoakum Survivors include Oscar Manning Sr and Mrs Manning of Yoakum three brothers Oscar Manning Jr Wilson Manning and Robert Manning scattered across Salisbury Md Waco and Richardson Tex
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Yoakum
Harold W. Manning
Cuero
Buffington Funeral Home
W. W. Connally
First Baptist Church
Mr. Manning
Holland
Texas
Yoakum High School
Texas A&i University
San Antonio
Carrizo Springs
Oscar Manning
Oscar Manning Jr
Salisbury
Wilson Manning
Waco
Robert Manning
Richardson
Tex
Mrs Pearl Benson 77 Dies. Longtime Lone Star Textile Worker
Mrs Pearl M Benson age 77 died in a local hospital Monday evening at 6 30 She was born March 20 1894 in Mississippi and worked many years at Lone Star Textile mill She married Robert Benson in 1911 in Laurel Miss His death followed in 1917 Funeral services are set for Wednesday January 5 at 2 pm at Freund Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Bob Hairston and Rev Norman Sanders officiating Burial will be in Hillside Cemetery She taught Sunday School at First Baptist Survivors include daughter Mrs Raynold Goldman Cuero and son Robert M Benson Cuero Also brother George Mitchell Rockport Texas and other relatives Also noted Mrs Elizabeth Proctor Pinckney of Victoria died Monday at 1 30 pm in a Victoria hospital after a long illness She was Cuero born and a descendant of Venable and Frances Proctor Surviving siblings include Miss Nan Proctor Victoria and brothers David C Proctor Boca Raton Florida and Walter W Proctor Corpus Christi with services Wednesday at 2 pm at Vietcha First Presbyterian Church
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Mississippi
Lone Star Textile Mill
Robert Benson
Laurel
Miss
Freund Funeral Home
Bob Hairston
Norman Sanders
Hairston
First Baptist Church
Sanders
Hillside Cemetery
Benson
First Baptist
Raynold Goldman
Cuero
Robert M. Benson
George Mitchell
Rockport
Elizabeth Proctor Pickney
N. Glass St
Victoria
Victoria Hospital
Pinckney
Venable Bland Proctor
Frances White Proctor
Carl Bohne
Vietcha First Presbyterian Church
Snow disrupts Dallas area as icy travel snarls state
Snow and sleet hit North Texas with Dallas Fort Worth warnings of icy roads and subfreezing temperatures. An icy U S 77 bus crash near Hillsboro injured 13. Midland Odessa Airport closed due to runways iced over. Weather bulletins forecast more freezing conditions across the Panhandle and Rio Grande Valley escaping the cold.
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Dallas
Midland-Odessa
Texas International
Continental
Greyhound
U.S. 77
Hillsboro
Waco
Presons
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
Mickey Crist
Dallas-Fort Worth
Austin
Capitol
Capital
Dalhart
Childress
Big Spring
el Paso
Rio Grande Valley
Guadalupe Pass
Texas
Panhandle
Department of Public Safety
DPS
Amarillo
Funeral services for Jim S. Aleman
Funeral services were held for Jim S. Aleman 86 of Smiley at St Philip Catholic Church. He died Saturday in a Goliad hospital and is buried in Smiley Cemetery. A retired farmer born in San Diego Texas June 25 1885 he lived most of his life in Smiley. Survivors include his widow Anita Gonzales Aleman of Smiley three sons Alvin Yssac and Joe two brothers Alfredo and Andres and 16 grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
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Smiley
Jim S. Aleman
Andres Aleman
Cuero
St. Phillip’s Catholic Church
Mr. Aleman
Goliad
San Diego
Texas
Francisco Aleman
St. John Catholic Church
Anita Gonzales Aleman
Alvin
Luling
Yssac
Port Lavaca
Joe
Victoria
Alfredo of
Nordheim
Andres Aijieman
Dove’s warlike nature shocks pacifist portrayal
The text states the dove is among the most warlike creatures on earth, unlike other animals that resist harming their own species. It argues birds and fish lack inhibitions against killing within their kind, while doves exhibit no such restraint.
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Earth
Wealthy Houston Man Found Murdered in Bedroom
Hubert Justin Langley, 65, was found gagged and bound in his Houston bedroom by friend Dana Ross Turner. The SE Houston home was rifled, wallet, camera, and car missing, with about $100 on him and thousands possibly hidden earlier. estate valued over $100,000. Langley, retired from Brown and Root, Inc., was last seen alive Sunday.
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Houston
UPI
Hubert Justin Langley
Langley
Dana Ross Turner
Turner
Brown and Root, Inc
Dowdy Considers Future Amid Health and Pension Talks
Dowdy denies a decision on retirement, noting a pension would be about half his 42,500 House salary if he leaves. The House stalled action while he appeals. He will decide after doctors weigh in, though constituents urge him to stay. He defends the jury system despite doubts and explains ongoing efforts to help, despite many letters and inquiries.
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Congress
Dowdy
FBI
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