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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1972
Page
1
Guest columnist 8 M P notes quips and anecdotes from Cuero residents. Items mention Oscar Adikes and Walter Koenig, local figures, and observations on aging, charity, and everyday life with light humor and community flavor.
The court accepted Duckett Motor Co. bid of 2899 dollars on a new pickup for Commissioner Bonnie Buenger's Precinct 4. Other bids ranged up to 3050 dollars. Emergency purchase of road base material from Jarbet Co. was approved to support a new farm road near Yorktown, with a 500 dollar per purchase limit. Part time helpers were authorized to assist janitorial duties at the courthouse.
Scottish clergyman Normal Macleod offers a reminder to persevere in hardship. He urges courage, faith, and trust in God as a guiding star for the righteous traveler through life’s difficult hours.
Dr J W Echols graduate dean of Prairie View A M will speak at Hunt Elementary Monday in-service training. The program starts at 9 am. Cuero schools are dismissed today through Monday for mid term holidays. He holds a 1934 bachelor in agricultural education and a 1951 master in school administration from Prairie View. He earned a 1954 EdD from University of Denver and served as a Prairie View administrator 1957–1966. He is a World War II Marine veteran and was an educational advisor in Vietnam 1966–1968 for IDA. He has been Prairie View graduate dean since 1968.
A hog cholera case was confirmed this week by Dr. H. H. Payne of the Texas Animal Health Commission in western Jackson County. A herd of 28 hogs was destroyed and the owner will be paid market value by the federal government.
Secretary Mau Stans announced an eighth percent drop in EDA loan rates to spur growth in areas with high unemployment. First quarter 1972 public works loans at 5.25 percent and business loans at 0.75 percent, down from 5.375 and 5.875 respectively. EDA views rates as tied to government borrowing costs and offers 40 year public works terms and 25 year business loans, plus grants and technical aid for job creation.
Gov George C Wallace announced his candidacy for president on the Democratic ticket with the Florida primary March 14. He spoke in Tallahassee surrounded by 95 Alabama supporters led by Sen James B Allen, promising withdrawal from Vietnam and a new beginning of hope.
Psalm 1 1 presents counsel as a guiding force and the psalmist begins with a call to seek divine wisdom. The message urges believers to learn true counsel from the Lord rather than human advice.
Mrs. Bill B. Sanders for Cuero Young Homemakers calls for volunteers as the Mothers March of Dimes event on Monday January 17 aims to fund medical services in Texas. She says many ways to help exist and urges participation to prevent birth defects affecting about a quarter million infants yearly. For details call 275-5230.
A Houston man, Billy Eugene Hurst, 22, seized a Braniff 727 with 100 aboard over Texas. He demanded demands or mass killing, paraded with two guns, and parachutes and survival gear before the crew escaped at Love Field four hours after hijack began.
Cuero High School Band Director Nat Alewine says Becky Atkinson secured her January Austin area band competition slot on merit and not due to another school's withdrawal, correcting earlier reports.
U S Rep James H Scheuer was arrested while dining at the home of Jewish scientist Alexander Lerner in Moscow. Scheuer described 40 minutes in a small, lit room and likened the scene to Kafka. Lerner had sought emigration to Israel after losing his Moscow Institute job.
A fast moving norther brings heavy snows to the Panhandle and plunges Texas temperatures. Amarillo records a 15 degree low while Dalhart eyes five degrees tonight. Perryton reports early snow and a shift to much colder conditions as the front moves through the state.
In downtown San Antonio Frost National Bank was held up by an armed bandit during lunchtime on Wednesday. The robber escaped in heavy traffic with $17,000 after a teller handed over cash from her drawer. Cameras reportedly recorded the incident.
Preliminary figures for 1971 show 348 new Texas industries located in the first 11 months, with 225 expansions, making the year second only to 1969 in industrial growth. Ches ter Wine of Corpus Christi credits a grass roots program and Texas appeal, noting gains in site location services and a national advertising drive.
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