Polliwogs and People Share Visits and Plans Around Cuero
Community notes recount a 21 day motor trip by Joe and Wanda Reuss through Arizona to Banff and Lake Louise then Montana and Wyoming. Doris Palmie asks for Cuero Record address change from Modesto California. Several locals plan trips to Monroe Louisiana and Baytown. Birthdays and hospital visits are mentioned amid a sport and TV note on NFL Monday Night Football returning to ABC.
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Joe
Wanda Reuss
Arizona
Mt. Carmel
San Francisco
Washington
Oregon
Canada
Banff
Lake Louise
Montana
Wyoming
Doris
A. F
Palmie
Modesto
California
Arthur
Telephone Operators Honored in 1972 Retirement Event
Southwestern Bell celebrates retirement for Paula Luedicke after thirty six years with the Nordheim Yorktown Cuero agencies. Colleagues Jo Berger Dorothy Abel Edna Sawyers Sondra Pekar receive service pins 15 and 5 years. A pink table cloth roses carnations and a blue rose cake marked the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Paula Luedicke
Jo Eileen Berger
Dorothy Abel
Edna Sawyers
Sondra Pekar
Telephone Company
Dial
Yorktown
Cuero
Luedicke
Telephone Company Pioneers of America
Berger
Abel
Sawyers
Pekar
Defense Department Plans 10 Percent Cut in Meat Purchases
Defense officials said beef lamb fish pork and poultry purchases would drop by 10 percent to boost supplies for consumers. The move accompanies wage guideline reviews as inflation concerns persist and farm prices rise signaling future effects on wholesale and retail food costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meenday
Defense Department
George H. Boldt
Agriculture Department
Boldt
Mrs McAlister Spins Wool From Her Own Sheep
Hazel Hartman MedAlister says she loves her wool hobby and spends time on the McAlister ranch in Thomaston Meyersville area. Sheep are raised on the ranch and she cards, spins, and dyes the wool with commercial dyes. The piece notes her first spinning wheel was antique and a later purchase in England.
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Hazel Hartman MedAlister
Mrs. Tolbert
McAlister Ranch
Thomaston-Meyersville
Hill Country
Tolbert McAlister
DeWitt County
New Zealand
Tri County Probation Department Receives Grant Approval
Governor Preston Smith approves a 44088 grant for a new Tri County Adult Juvenile Probation Department covering DeWitt Goliad and Jackson counties with DeWitt as grantee. Counties commit 8495 in kind services and 7920 cash. planning spans over two years and involved Golden Crescent Council of Governments and Texas Criminal Justice Council deliberations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Smith
DeWitt, Goliad
Jackson
Tri-County
DeWitt County
Golden Crescent Council of Governments
Texas Criminal Justice Council
Austin
Golden Cresem Council of Gov
Criminal Justice Department
Roger Willis
Police to Crack Down on Bicycle Thieves
Cuero police chief Clinton Wright vows aggressive action to prosecute bike thieves after eight thefts. he urges locks and marking bikes to aid identification though registration is not feasible due to manpower. Parks director R B D Kizer notes several bikes stolen from Municipal Park and calls for extra precautions.
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Clinton Wright
Wrighet
Wright
Cuero
RB. DD. Kizer
Charges Filed In DeWitt County Court
DeWitt County Court records list multiple charges including polluting 12 Mile Creek against Permian Corporation of Cuero and several DWI arrests. Defendants include Eudosio Garza Jr James Wiley Pridgen Jr Ernest Clifton Weston Jo Clifton Weston Joseph Labron Gibbs Clemente Cavasos and Donald Eugene Brasher. Brasher faces a dangerous drugs possession charge. a felony was filed March 1 and the Grand Jury sent the case to the court for next steps.
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DeWitt County
Permian Corporation of
Cuero
12 Mile Creek
Eudosio Garza Jr
Shiner
Albino Ronaldo Garcia
Farmersville
James Wiley Pridgen Jr
Rt. 1
Ernest Clifton Weston
Westoff
Jo. Clifton Weston
Westhoff
Joseph Labron Gibbs
Clemente Cavasos
Donald Eugene Brasher
Thomas
Brasher
Cuero Junior High School
DeWitt County Sheriff's Department
Grand Jury
The Cucro Record Skips July 4th Edition
The Record will not publish on Tuesday July 4 to allow staff to celebrate with family. The staff wishes readers a safe and happy holiday.
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Cucro Record
Record
20 Percent Social Security Hike Approved by Congress
Congress voted for a 20 percent Social Security benefits increase tied to extending the Treasury borrowing authority for four months. The move boosts federal outlays and could trigger a presidential veto by Nixon who called the measure inflationary. Emergency disaster relief of 200 million was approved for floods in the East and South Dakota with broader funding for State, Information agencies, and Treasury operations.
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Frank Eleazer
Washington
UPI
Congress
East
South Dakota
Treasury
Nixon
John W. Byrnes
R-Wis
GOP
House
Ways and Means Committee
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
State Department
Information Agency
Treasury Department
Postal Service
Cuero Federal Declares Record Interest Payment
Cuero Federal Savings and Loan Association reports a record first half interest payment of 67876777 dollars under president How ard Kleinecke. This exceeds the prior year by 74249.01 and reflects the firm’s 51st year with over 7000 local investors. The note outlines plans with 6 percent two year CDs, 4 1/2 percent 12 month CDs, 4 percent passbook options, and conversion rules with quarterly interest.
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Cuero Federal Savings and Loan Association
Howard Kleinecke
Cuero Federal
Cuero
Sents
Beard Growing Contest Slated for Cuero Centennial Event
Cuero marks its Centennial with a beard growing contest to run from Monday through July 20 registrations open at the Centennial and Turkey Trot headquarters 212 N. Gontzales. Judges from out of town will determine winners October 22 with local barbers assisting and posters sold at the event.
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C. L. Duckett
Duckett
N. Gont- Zales
Turkey
Charles Goodenvy
Hercesy Devis, Sr
Gilbert Saenz
Speculators blamed for money crisis by Richard Longworth
A UPI essay argues speculators defend their role amid a global money crisis. The writer in Europe for an American firm pools dollars for francs, noting how currency shifts affect families and companies. He asserts morality drives big traders to move funds to safer currencies to protect stakeholders and urges system reform.
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Richard
Longworth Prussels
UPI
Europe
Belgium
Mehier
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By Polly Howerton
Dee Sager
Linda Henderson
Sharon Steen
Ernest Morgenroth
Kaye Tarkington
Monroe
Louisiana
Jesse Thompson
Jake Benton
Edna Angerstein
Baytown
Mary Louise “Artman
Edna
Corinne Scott
Herousin
Warne Lienhard
Albert
Corpus Christi
Pershing Hiller
Howard P. Green
Mabel Davis
Herman Kelch
Jane Breeden
ABC
Bloomington
Minn
Minnesota
Frank Gifford
Don .Meredith
Howard Caseil
F. G. Windel
Herbert Wendt
Citizens’ Memorial Hospital
Victoria
Vermit
Bill
Nancy Blackwell
Houston
Boswell Porter
Caldwell
Tex
Porter
Tri-County Probation Department
Pte Luddeke
Tas
Dockett
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