Cuero Record Letter Critiques Court Records Policy
A Cuero Record editor defends court filing practices for minors and juveniles, explains how offenses may appear in Corporation or Justice of the Peace records, and argues the system discriminates between ages 17 and 21. The unsigned letter from Mr. Jack Howerton is presented for printing.
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City of Cuero
Peael
DeWitt
Corporation Court
Cuero
Justice of the Peace Court
DeWitt County
JP Court
Cuero Church Women To Tour Newly Refurbished Home
Cuero Church Women United plans a 6 p.m. Friday tour of a recently refurbished local home. Meet at Proctor Hall for the walk through led by president Mrs Velma Grunder. The tour precedes the 7 30 p.m. assembly meeting at Proctor Hall where 1971 officers will be elected.
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Cuero
Cuero Church Women United
Proctor Hall
Velma Grunder
Senate orders probe into loan stock fraud case
The Senate unanimously approved a committee with subpoena powers to probe State Banking Department policies and related questions in the loan stock fraud scandal. Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes will name five senators to the panel within five days. The action aims to aid votes on Banking Commissioner Robert Stewart and Banking Board Chairman Elmer Baum confirmations.
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United Press International
Senate
State Banking Department
Ben Barnes
O. H
Ike” Harris
Dallas
Robert E. Stewart
Banking Board
Elmer C. Baum
Baum
Preston Smith
Sharpstown State Bank
National Bankers Life
Retreat Campout Termed Success
The Victoria Deanery Committee on Scouting reports a successful three day Retreat Campout hosted by Boy Scout Troop 243 in Cuero. Attending were 110 Scouts and 40 adults from six troops totaling 150 participants from Port Lavaca Victoria Yoakum and Cuero. Clergy from Cuero and Victoria led discussions and observances including a Mass by Rev. Higgins to open the retreat.
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Victoria Deanery
Committee On Scouting
Boy Scout
Cuero
Port Lavaca
Victoria
Yoakum
Peter Higgins
St. Michael's Catholic Church
Father Higgins
Hubert Hanson
St. Mark's Luitheran Church
C. Rogers
McLane
First Presbyterian Church
Francis Kunz
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church
Calvin Peterson
First United Methodist Church
Christopher
Our Lady of Sorrows Church
Higgins
Legislators Take Up Ethics Bills Today
Texas lawmakers begin ethics bill debates amid calls for probes into a multimillion stock manipulation scandal. The Senate plans a nine member ethics commission and salary review, with companion measures in the House and Senate. An emergency voter registration extension and a school fund plan are also on the docket. Lt. Gov. Barnes to appoint an investigating panel to probe state banking board ties to the scandal.
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Ann Arnold Austin
UPI
Texas
Senate Committee On
Senate
House
Preston Smith
Gus Mutscher
Joe Bernald-San Antonio
House Committee On
Ben Barnes
State Banking Board
Barnes
Grace Episcopal Church elects new vestry officers
Grace Church, 119 members, approved an 18167 budget for the year. Ed Pat Mixon, Robert Pickens and Charles Lucas were elected to the vestry. Mixon named senior warden with Tarlington as junior warden and W. L. Ferguson as clerk. Retiring members include John Wheeler and Jack Calk.
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Ed Pat Mixon
Robert Pickens
Charles Lucas
Grace Episcopal Church
Paul R. Abbott
John Wheeler
Proctor Memorial Hall
George Trowell
Herbert Dornbluth
Leon Duderstadt
Murray Tarkington
Paul Lucas
Joe McMillan
Jack Calk
John Wofford
Grace Church
Abbott
Mixon
Tarkington
W. L. Ferguson
Truman Claggett
W. E. Cannon
Duderstadt
Ferguson
Leslie McBride
Claggett
Wheeler
Cuero Hospital to Add Signs and Lighting for Emergency Entrance
Administrator Riley Aldrich announced Cuero Community Hospital will install four new signs to guide patients to the Emergency Entrance and improve lighting in the front parking area. Dromgoole Sign Co. will manufacture the signs, with floodlights added near the obstetrical waiting room. City crews will install light standards, and a new drive will connect the hospital entrance to the north street. Medi care survey results look promising.
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Cuero Community Hospital
Riley Aldrich
Dromgoole Sign Co
Aldrich
Yoakum
Highway Department
Cuero
Municipal Park
Be Silent and Safe, a Thought from John O'Reilly
Poet John O'Reilly urged silence as a shield in a brief thought for today, stressing that quiet can guard against betrayal and keep one safe.
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John O'Reilly
Church Plans Ordination Of 3 Elders
The Cuero Church of Christ will ordain three new elders on Sunday Wesley Aldis G A Fikes and B D McKinney. The morning sermon is Restoring the New Testament Church and in the evening the elders will be ordained and charged to lead the congregation. The church recently concluded a highly successful gospel meeting with attendance surpassing prior efforts during Minister Gerald Bennett's tenure.
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Cuero Church of Christ
Wesley Aldis
G. A. Fikes
B. D. McKinney
Gerald Bennett
Deadline to register to vote in 1971 72
The Cuero Record notes a Jan 31 deadline for 1971 72 voter registration with no fee. DeWitt County Tax Assessor Collector Frank Thieme will be open 9 am to 5 pm on Saturday for last minute registrants. A legislative bill would extend registration to February and possibly 18 year olds could vote if constitutional amendment passes.
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Cuero Record
DeWitt
Frank Thieme
Senate
Texas
Lions Honor Charter Trio In Cuero Club
Cuero Lions Club, organized 1938, honors three charter members still active J D Bramlette Jr A E Hensley and Ed DeLeon received charter membership pins from President Gene Grafe at a Sands Restaurant luncheon. Bramlette also noted for continuous membership with Monarch certificates given to Hensley Werner Kautz E T Summers Jr and Rollie Brantley for 30 years Oscar Adickes 25 years Marion Weber W A Laake Howard Kleiner cited.
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J. D. Bramlette Jr
A. E. Hensley
Ed DeLeon
Gene Grafe
Sands
Bramlette
Hensley
Werner Kautz
E. T. Summers Jr
Rollie Brantley
Oscar Adickes
Marion Weber
W. A. Laake
Howard Kleiner
Lions
Legion Plans Saturday Dance For Public
American Legion Dinter Post No 3 will sponsor a dance Saturday from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Roy Templin and the Credit Cards of Victoria provide music. Admission is 1.50 per person.
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American Legion Dinter Post No. 3
Roy Templin
Victoria
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Sharp
Curtis Graves
D-Houston
Austin
Mutscher
House Banking and Currency Committee
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Washington
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Lowing
Lions Honor Charter
Cuero Lions Club
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Alan Shepard
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