Town Tank By EF. Z. Ryder
A humorous piece explores common ways people refuse or dodge saying no and presents quirky scenarios where a blunt or clever reply might have changed the outcome. It frames everyday social pressure and offers playful examples of resisting or yielding.
Gun Club Plans Fun Shoot February Event
Cuero Gun Club plotting a fun shoot for amateurs on February 17 at the Stratton Road range. Entry includes free food and a skeet round for $1 with a handicap system to crown winners in classes. Charlies Jacob leads planning. Bill Hartman and Bill Drehr co chair cowboy stew prep. 18 members attended. new members Bucky Sager and Jim Fitzpatrick welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero Gun Club
Stratton Road
B. I. McClung
McClung
Charlies Jacob
Bill Hartman
Bill Drehr
Gary Hudgeons
Bucky Sager
Jim Fitzpatrick
Jack Butler
Cuero Public Library Receives $1000 Federal Grant
The Cuero Public Library announced a $1000 federal grant from the Texas State Library System for fiscal year 1971 Title I funds. Funds will buy books microfilm and binding with review and reporting requirements, while the library reports progress in joining the Texas State Library Communications Network and maintaining separate department status.
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Texas State Library System
Cuero
Library Services and Construction Act
Miss Ard
Boothe
Texas
Evelyn Cates
E. T. Summers Jr
Howard Kleinecke
Corinne Haywood
Collision Trial Begins Over Cuero Car Crash Damages
A petit jury in the 24th Judicial District opened a $15,700 personal injury and property damage case Tuesday. Pete Varela and his minor daughter Helen, both of Cuero, sue L. C. Duderstadt Jr. over a March 24, 1970 collision at Gonzales and Live Oak. Judge Joe E. Kelly presides.
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Petit Jury
24Th Judicial District
Cuero
Pete Varela
Helen
L. C. Duderstadt Jr
Miss Varela
Gonzales
Live Oak
Joe E. Kelly
Pershing Hiller
Kelly Leroy Ruppert
Robert Grunewald
Tony Schmidt
Yorktown
Gladys Card
Ronald Ledbetter
Johanna Wild
Sharon Steen
Gerhard J. Blank
Joe Lahod
Banks Told To Report Conditions
Banks were directed to report their financial condition as of December 31 to three federal regulators the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Texas state banks were also called to report condition as of December 31 1970 by the State Banking Department.
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Washington
Office of Controller of
Board of Governors
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Austin
State Banking Department
Missionary Dr Weiss to Speak at Cuero First United Methodist
Missionary surgeon Dr Ernest W Weiss of Yonsei University Medical College in Seoul Korea will speak at Cuero First United Methodist Church on Friday January 8 at 745 pm after a sandwich supper starting at 7 pm He will discuss training young Koreans as doctors and surgeons and his wartime and postwar service in China and Nanchang General Hospital.
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Ernest W. Weiss
United Methodist Church
Yonsei University’'s Medical College
Seoul
Korea
Cuero
Weiss
Dr. Weiss
China
Methodist Church
Japan
Nanchang General Hospital
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Henry Ford Hospital
National Medical College
El Paso Snowfall Pushes City Toward School Closures
Heavy snow fell in El Paso and the adjacent mountains while North Texas escaped major disruption. Dalhart dipped to minus two as a cold stretch continued, with a warming trend expected by weekend. Rio Grande Valley stayed above freezing protecting crops.
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Texas
Texas Panhandle
Dalhart
Panhandle
Cuero
Rio Grande Valley
el Paso
Cuero School Board Discusses New Junior High Plans
Cuero School board members and architect Lynn E vans of Corpus Christi met Tuesday night to review plans for a new junior high and additions to Cuero schools. The board will set a bid opening date after approving final plans and specifications as bonds for the $1.4 million building program have been sold. Bond issuance was approved in a Nov 25 special election.
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Cuero School
Lynn Evans
Corpus Christi
Cuero
CHS Graduate Col Leslie Huebner Office of overseas duty
Col Leslie Huebner a Cuero High School graduate now stationed in Brandisi Italy visits family in Westhoff He has served 15 years in the Air Force and recently earned a promotion He and his wife Geraldine have two sons Martin and Steve He studied at Wartburg College and Wartburg Theological Seminary His service includes tours in Germany Korea and two others before Italy This is his third overseas assignment and he praises Germany as a favorite country
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Martin
Steve
Italy
Wartburg College
Waverly
Ohio
Wartburg Theological Seminary
Dubuque
Iowa
Huebner
St. Martin’s Lutheran Church
Littlefield
Texas
Air Force
Germany
Korea
Rocky Mountains
United States
Sheppard Afb
Wichita Falls
Kunsan Air Force Base
Inadequacies Noted In Sewer Facilities In Six-County Region
Three sewer plants serving municipalities in the Golden Crescent Region operate over capacity per Texas State Health Department figures. Three area water plants lack state licenses due to no certified operators. COG Planning Director Bob Burr outlined the rural and small community water and sewer plan to the Board in Victoria. The plan, funded by Farmers Home Administration, aids small communities under 5 500 with central systems. Counties involved include Jackson Calhoun DeWitt Victoria Refugio and Goliad. A Gulf Bend Center project to fight alcoholism and assist families was also presented and approved.
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Golden Crescent
Texas State Health Department
COG Planning
Bob Burr
COG
Board of Directors
Victoria
Farmers Home Administration
DeWitt County
George Trowell
Tom Kelliher
Gulf Bend Center
Office of Economic Opportunity
Kelliher
Tom Garner
Port Lavaca
City Council Targets Manager Succession And Budgets
The Cuero City Council meets at 5 45 p m to discuss successor for City Manager Wi Cockrell who resigned January 29 and plans private work in the Killeen Temple area. An audit on 1963 70 finances by Paul R Lucas is on the agenda along with a fare increase request from City Cab Co and road street matters including dedication of a hospital road and closing Second Street near Burns Hospital. An annexation ordinance for Terry Street area and final approval of Wofford Blackwell Addition No 2 are also on the docket with routine bills and public comments to follow.
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Cockrell
Killeen Temple
Killeen
Harker Heights
Paul R. Lucas
Lucas
City Cah Co
Cuero
Cuero Community Hospital
Yoakum
Cheapside
Second Street
Esplanade
Gonzales
Sisters of the Incarnate Word
Blessed Sacrament
Burns Hospital
Terry Street
First Road
Wofford-Blackwell
Mrs Angela Herbert Sets Leap-Frog World Record in Eight Mile Challenge
Perranarworthal England. Angela Herbert a pub owner's wife and mother of three claimed a new world record. She leaped 1518 times across a course eight miles long in two hours and 25 seconds, raising 1200 for a local sports club.
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Perranarworthal
England
Angela Herbert
Ben Barnes predicts big Texas legislature decisions
Ben Barnes outlines a busy 62nd Texas Legislature with a record budget and tax bill. He notes the session faces welfare water pollution pornography and more. The report previews key issues and the need for economy and efficiency in state government.
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Texas
Ben Barnes
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