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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1971
Page
1
A column notes foggy mornings affect driving with headlights, cites a Dallas minister urging congregation to watch the Super Bowl. UPI reports the move of mail from the Post Office to the new U S Postal Service with a 33 percent rate increase for first class letters.
Errol John Dietze Cuero attorney and Lester Frers Cuero Chamber president were elected co chairs of the Cuero Fair and Turkey Trot Association Tuesday night. R D Kizer Jr recreation director and golf pro was elected secretary treasurer. The new officers will appoint a slate of directors and consider a revised, money making annual event format to support civic groups amid Cuero's All America City status.
Cuero Hospital District Board of Directors reelected three members to two-year terms Tuesday. M. Clifton Weber president Dewey Henderson and Howard Kleinecke each won 41 Cuero votes and eight Meyersville votes while 12 Westhoff votes went to Weber Henderson and 11 to Kleinecke. One write in vote went to Arnold Schroeder. Directors Dewey Schorre and Mrs. Bill Leskie will serve beyond 1972.
Fourth through eighth graders at Yorktown Elementary completed an eight hour drugs education program titled Operation Kick It. Three inmates from Huntsville’s Department of Corrections led the assembly on illegal drug use followed by a talk from Rev Charlies Raup of Westminster Bible Church Victoria.
The Pilot Club of Cuero met at the Doll House with Mrs. Lester Frers presiding. Letters of thanks were read from the State Hospital and other organizations for Christmas gifts, meals for millions, nursing home decorating, and district banquet decorations.
Indictments returned against 12 persons by the DeWitt County Grand Jury. Jurist Judge Joe Kelly presided. Charges include rape for Dale Pate Carlos Gomez and Roger Castellon. Other counts cover murder with malice for Boyce Marie Jones and various DWI and firearms offenses. Pleas set for January 22 at 9 a.m.
Manuel Mendoza, 17, told police he was kidnapped by four or five men at an unoccupied farmhouse near New Berlin, Texas. He was found two days later tied to rafters in a barn and suffered dehydration but is not seriously injured. Guadalupe County Sheriff Phil Medlin said the boy can identify the assailants.
Jimmy Sanders and James Shows of Cuero are held in Lubbock on burglary charges per Department of Safety representatives. Details reference burglaries involving suspects listed as GSD Ue See.
Mrs. Bette O'Dell Public Health Nurse asked the court to fund a movie projector for prenatal clinics in Cuero Yoakum and Yorktown to aid education. Commissioners took no action but will consider the request. Buenger asked to advertise for fuel bids for his precinct. The court also noted EF Teller would not seek bond renewal.
A Victoria demonstration of the Consumar incinerator by Solid Waste Systems shows a smoke free unit meeting H E W air standards. A Cuero landfill costs 1.5 to 1.6 per ton with 20 000 in equipment versus an incinerator near 150 000. Port Lavaca and Point Comfort would cost 150 000 to 175 000.
The Cuero Youth Social Club will hold a dance Saturday night from 8 p.m. to midnight at the Cuero Municipal Park Club house. The Sebastians of Victoria will provide music. Admission is 50 cents for members and one dollar for non members.
Strong cold fronts cross the state as fog and thunderstorms affect the eastern half. Dallas Love Field and Houston Intercontinental took early hits while light rain lingered near Lufkin. Panhandle temperatures rose to 16 degrees but will drop with the front’s passage. Dalhart reported 29 as clouds clear in the Panhandle.
The Texas Legislature starts with hearings on a 7.52 billion spending bill requiring 645.1 million in new taxes over two years. Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes announces Senate committee appointments on opening day, while House Speaker Gus Mutscher sets up emergency funding relief and rules debates amid early tensions.
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