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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1972
Page
1
Austin reports the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department downplays javelina danger citing shy 25 to 50 pound pigs that flee at danger and rarely attack. Some counties allow year round hunting with no bag limits while others align with deer seasons.
Ed Haun writes from Cuero on Thursday afternoon. Arnold Stock and Arnold Arndt greet Benny Prause and discuss weather and work. Bill Ferguson bought coffee as market climbs. Alfonso Gonzales hopes to return to work from hospital. A light note from Werner Kautz, and a child’s playful rope joke.
A two car collision on US 87 near Cuero DeWitt County left Hugo Brandt dead on arrival at Cuero Community Hospital and Cynthia Brandt injured with possible multiple fractures. Jimmie Grounds was treated for injuries at the local hospital. Funeral services for Hugo Brandt are planned at Freund Funeral Home with burial in Meyersville.
The forecast calls for a cool pattern with frigid nights and mild afternoons across Texas. Northerly areas near the upper Sabine River into West Texas report frost and subfreezing temps, while the Lower Rio Grande Valley largely escapes damage with upper 60s to 70s in the south and mid-40s to 50s elsewhere.
A federal three judge panel in Austin will decide if Texas must redraw legislative districts for the 1978 elections. Attorneys for the state argue existing maps aren’t unconstitutional though imperfect, while minority groups press for single member districts to boost minority representation. A decision is hoped by the third week of the month with a Feb. 7 primary filing deadline looming.
Texas Democratic Party Chair Roy Orr condemned Secretary of State Bob Bullock's call for political parties to file disclosure statements as political and urged a special legislative session. Orr accused Bullock of overstepping and questioned the timing and handling of the press release.
David G. Peters aged 18 of 107 Ward Cuero is jailed in DeWitt County on charges of no valid motor vehicle inspection sticker and no driver's license in possession. He was picked up by the Texas Highway Patrol Thursday at 6 30 p.m.
The Cuero Barrio Consejo will hold its monthly meeting Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Parish Hall of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church.
E T Summers Jr of Cuero was appointed by Gov. Preston Smith to fill the late Ed De Leon’s seat on the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority board. He will serve the remaining five years of the term, beginning immediately, with Senate approval required next session. Summers presides over Cuero Coca Cola Bottling Co and has led local business and civic groups.
Fain McDougal chairs the month as speaker Charles Nagel, president of the local Texas Association of Young Farmers, presents slides. The Cuero club, organized January 8 1959, has won 41 trophies in 12 years. Future talks include Diana Diebel on 4 H Club January 13 Clete Ernster January 20 and Clifton Weber January 27 on the Cuero Community Hospital.
The Winter-Spring Term Grand Jury reported twenty indictments to Judge Joe Kelly of the 24th District. Foreman Francis RK Feeney led the panel. Indictments include Clifton Hall for assault with intent to murder a peace officer, Ampedor Hernandez and Joe Garcia for marijuana possession, and Hugo Wuensch Jr for forgery. Additional charges cover driving while intoxicated, felony theft, and related offenses involving Brenda Jones and V. J. Hermansen.
Cuero Independent School District will continue to levy its property tax for the next two years despite a federal court ruling that the tax is unconstitutional for equalizing educational opportunities. Superintendent Sims said the court order is in abeyance for two years and has little bearing on local funding.
A citizens study committee on the library's needs will meet Monday at 7 p.m. in the Cuero Public Library, with members from across the city. Chairman Mrs. FE T Summers Jr says not all volunteers have accepted, and the panel will discuss expanding the library to 7,500 volumes soon and reaching 10,000 by 1975.
The Cuero Housing Authority asks the City Council to approve up to 150 additional units under a new financing plan. The agency now operates 110 units, all occupied, with a large waiting list. The plan would have a private developer build and own the units, leased to the CHA, with taxes and major repairs handled by the developer and tenants given a future option to buy.
A devotional note cites Jeremiah 17 7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord and whose hope the Lord is It reflects on man's dual relation to God trust for time and hope for eternity
Cuero High School chorus will perform in Victoria on January 7 and 8, 1972, with team members Glenda Harper Luda Ley Rebecca Newsome Karen High Rachel Newsom Jay Cooley Pat Cusack and Bes Prause. Gene Kinney of Texas Tech University leads the regional clinic.
DeWitt County Sheriff N G Cutter Dietze warns of fly by night home repairmen swindling seniors in Cuero and Yorktown. Two men reportedly took about $8 000 in cash after a 258 paint job. couple reluctant to report. Suspects drive a 1964 pickup. paint cost claimed as 20 per gallon. Police investigate. tips urged.
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