Third Party Presidency Push Seen by Leaders
Odessa Texas upi dispatch notes Wallace denies a third party bid but Arkansas and Texas American Party leaders predict a national ticket may feature a Republican congressman. Carruth aims to decide within two weeks on Wallace's run while Horton cites McGovern nominating as driving South away from Democrats. The American Party meets August 3-5 in Louisville.
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Odessa
Tex
UPI
Alabama
George CC. Wallace
Texas
Arkansas
Walter Carruth
Little Rock
Congress
Carruth
South
Wallace
H. D
Hub’ Horton
American Party of
Miami Beach
George McGovern
Democratic Party
Horton
Party of Principle
Party of the Constitution
Louisville
Connally on world peace aims and Nixon VP speculation
Connally, as personal representative to 17 nations, says others credit Nixon with pursuing world peace. He denies seeking the vice presidency, notes three possible jobs for him, and criticizes McGovern on welfare, draft evaders, defense cuts, and Vietnam. Secretary Rogers toured regions including Australia and the Middle East before meeting Nixon after Edith Timberlake's funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
William Rogers
White ‘House
Rogers
Washington
Australia
Indonesia
Ceylon
Middle East
Yugoslavia
Italy
Spain
Edith Timberlake
Riverside
White House
Connally
Democratic Party
GOP
McGovern
South Dakota
Vietnam
DeWitt County Historical Survey Committee to meet
The DeWitt County Historical Survey Committee urges all members to attend the regular 5 p.m. meeting in the county courthouse on Tuesday. The group received a copy of The National Register in Texas 1968 1971 from the Texas State Historical Survey Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
S. R. Weisiger
Banks
Labor ruling sparks wage control debate and cost of living figures
The text notes opposition to waivers for half the supervisory workforce amid a Labor Department poverty line of 3952 dollars and an urban family of four needing 7000 dollars. An AFL CIO spokesman hails the ruling as vindication while the Cost of Living Council may appeal Jones' decision.
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Clarm
Labor Department
Aflcio
Cost of Living Council
Gardner Kueker and Matejik Family Summer Trip
Polliwogs and Bobby Matejik joined Rev and Mrs Johnny Kueker and Burton girls on a trip through Van Horn to visit Ralph Kueker. They then traveled to Colorado for two weeks to see Johnny in school, plan visits to Robert Rucker Jr in Phoenix, and return the second week of August. Dave Matijik and wife visited in Victoria with Harold Schlinke on Thursday. Schlinke was in Citi zen Memorial ICU and expected to use a wheelchair during the visit.
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Bobby Matejik
Johnny Kueker
Burton
van Horn
Ralph Kueker
Colorado
Johnny
Robert Rucker, Jr
Phoenix
Dave Matijik
Victoria
Harold Schlinke
Citizens Memorial
Firefighting School Offers 16 Courses With Public Visit
A firefighting school announces 16 courses across firefighting, fire marshal training, department officer training, pump maintenance, and specialized protection. Experienced instructors include representatives from the liquefied petroleum gas industry, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and armed services pest instructors. Public visit day is Wednesday July 19 with state and municipal officials attending.
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Texas Department of Public Safety
Armed Services
Notable Adults Accompany Local Youths Listed
Adults who will accompany the youths include Home Demonstration Agent Mildred Martin County Agent and Mrs Orval Wright Mr and Mrs Malcomb Jacob Mrs J G Jank Mr and Mrs Louis Dreier and Mrs Fred Diebel
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Charles Koenig
Mildred Martin
Orval Wright
Malcomb Jacob
J. G. Jank
Louis Dreier
Fred Diebel
Nine Killed In Ireland as British Troops Tighten Tactics
Nine people including six civilians and three soldiers died from gunfire during a week of violence in Northern Ireland. IRA bomb squads disrupted Londonderry as Roman Catholics fled Belfast en masse to the Irish Republic, joining thousands more refugees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
UPI
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Londonderry
Irish Republic
Lenadoon Avenue
Cuero Youths Earn Lone Star Farmer Degrees
Four Cuero youths, members of the Future Farmers of America, received Lone Star Farmer Degrees the highest state award for FFA. Recipients are Paul Lucas Jr Kerry Kahlich Dutton Lane and Larry McElroy, sons of local families, announced by FFA advisor Charles Hahn.
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Cuero
Future Farmers of America
Lone Star Farmer
Charles Hahn
Cuero Ffa
FRA
Hahn Easid
Paul Lucas
Kerry Kahlich
Uniform Patterns Available for Gobbler Pep Squad
Susie Arnold announces 50 uniform patterns for the Gobbler Pep Squad to share. Butterick supplies patterns, orders may be placed at local stores. Uniforms in Kelly green and white must be ready by the first football game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Arnold
Gobbler
Butterick
Miss Arnold
S. Viets Capture Thirty Red Tanks
South Vietnamese Marines overran a North Vietnamese tank regimental post two miles north of Quang Tri and seized 30 or more armored vehicles, a new Vietnam War record. U S fighter bombers from the carrier America supported the assault as rain limits kept flights light.
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Arthur Higbee
Saigon
UPI
Quang Tri City
U.S
America
U.S. Air Force
Navy
Marine
North Vietnam
Cam Pha
Haiphong
China
Robison
Hon La _ island
Demilitarized Zone
Quang Tri
District 10 revue beckons DeWitt 4-H winners
Winners Wanda Rainer and Darlene Buchhorn advance from DeWitt County Dress Revue to the District 10 event in Austin Tuesday. Mrs Arlene Mueller accompanies Rainer. Buchhorn travels from Buchanan Dam to compete, joined by Home Demonstration Agent Mildred Martin at the district contest.
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DeWitt County
Austin
Wanda Rainer
Darlene Buchhorn
Arlene Mueller
Miss Rainer
Miss Mueller
Miss Buchhorn
Buchanan Dam
Mildred Martin
Celery's Low Calorie History Traced by Growers
The Western Growers Association notes wild celery was called smallage until 1623 when the French began cultivating it as a seasoning herb. By then celery was adopted for food use, while earlier it served medicinal purposes in the Mediterranean. A stalk has about five calories.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Western Growers Assn
California
Arizona
Welker named Welcome Wagon hostess in Cuero revival
Twenty five years ago on July 16 1947 Cuero announced the revival of the Welcome Wagon service with Mrs H E Welker as the new hostess. Also reported a swimming tank accident left Frank Kuecker with a fractured neck vertebra and Navy promotion for John Robert Bitterly in the Canal Zone.
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H. E. Welker
Cuero
Frank Kuecker
Victoria Highway
John Robert Bitterly
Canal Zone
Navy
Robert J. Bitterly
Raymond Wild
Melba Ray
W. Harola Attaway
Bay City
A. C. Attaway
Greenwood
Looking Back the late Mr. Attaway
Recap of local notes from a past issue includes Mr. and Mrs. Mike Weber Jr. traveling to Hot Springs Arkansas for a Ford merchandising program. Also mentions Mrs F A Prather hospitalized after a two car crash at Alvin and other 1967 items such as Rodeo Queen Nancy Garber and Army cadet Dudley McDougal visiting family in Texas.
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Attaway
Mike Weber Jr
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Weber
Ford
F. A. Prather
Cuero Hospital
Alvin
Nancy Garber
Victoria
Kenneth Buenger
San Antonio
Army
Earl Buenger
Five Mile Community
Dudley B. McDougal
Fain McDougal Sr
Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Ft. Sill
Okla
Court Orders Fort Worth Schools to Integrate
The 5th Circuit praised voluntary desegregation by Fort Worth schools but ordered the district to close eleven all black one race elementary schools. It also urged greater integration at Dunbar High and Terrell Middle and to start first grade integration, without mandating a district wide kindergarten plan.
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New Orleans
API
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Fort Worth
Tex
Dunbar High School
Terrel Middle School
Insurance rate reform adds age brackets for cars
A proposed system would lower general rates and expand age classifications. It adds new differentials for vehicles five and six years old, while current lowest differentials apply to cars four years old or older.
Hospital Admissions and Dismissals List
Hospital news lists admissions for Lydia Alvarez, David Heath, Gussie Pfiefer, and Donna Ray Doreck. Dismissals include Kate Lienhard, Earl Dodds, Sister Pauline Marie Ermys, Bonnie Benbow, and Graca Macha.
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Lydia Alvarez
David Heath
Gussie Pfiefer
Donna Ray Doreck
Kate Lienhard
Earl Dodds
Sister Pauline Marie Ermys
Bonnie Benbow
Graca Macha
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Allstate
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Shelton Dieringer
SEARS
Hospital News
Thity Hospital
INEW
Boone Appliance & Service
E. Heaton
DuPont
Elliott
Moore
Adickes
SIS
Faberge
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Pink Casaba
Elecka Drug
N. Enplanade
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