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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1972
Page
3
Advice column excerpt discusses teen pregnancy risk the limits of birth control and a humorous quip on The Pill. It includes readers asking about pregnancy from first sexual activity and a dental transplant myth, plus acne concerns and dating tips.
A two alarm blaze roared through the Texas Schoolbook Depository in Dallas where Lee Harvey Oswald fired on President Kennedy. The empty building, planned as a museum, was reportedly sold last year for 650000 dollars to Auburey Mayhew of Nashville who claims the world’s largest Kennedy collection.
Former Texas governor John Connally Clark declares he will vote for Republican John Tower over Barefoot Sanders, criticizing McGovernism and lashing out at defenses cuts, busing, and oil policies as harmful to Texas economy and education.
The Fire Unit committee led by Mrs. Eldred Schultz announces a Family Night on August 4 with meat bread and drinks provided. Members should bring two dishes one vegetable and one dessert and contact Mrs. Schultz about attendance. A Trot float discussion was tabled to the next meeting. Attendance prize winner was Mrs. Oscar Wanjura. Hostesses were Mrs. Newton Rath Mrs. Post and Mrs. F C Prenzler per reporter Mrs. Walter Hingst.
AFL-CIO leaders show loyalty to Meany, endorsing Nixon over McGovern in practice, while many unions already favor McGovern. The vote limits political funds to the McGovern campaign, though unions may reroute funds directly. Meany notes members vote independently despite union positions.
UPI reports Jacobs production of Tom Sawyer will begin a July run in Missouri with Don Taylor directing and no cast announced yet.
U.S. battle deaths in Indochina doubled last week with eight Americans killed in combat and 26 wounded. Missing or captured tally rose by 14 to 1,653. South Vietnamese casualties totaled 837 in battle, up 26 percent from the prior week, while Communist deaths fell to 2,871 from 3,320.
Madaine Binh renews demand for U S acceptance of the Viet Cong seven point peace plan. It calls for full withdrawal of U S troops, ouster of Thieu, and a three part coalition with Viet Cong. Porter projects cautious optimism as talks resume with calm discussion noted.
UPI reports a bomb exploded before ground impact causing three U S Navy planes to crash in South Vietnam while bombing targets near the A Shau Valley close to the Laos border. One American was missing as a result of the incident.
Helicopters estimated at 5,000 Marines based in the Tonkin Gulf await a battalion’s combat assault. Ten U.S. helicopters have been shot down in North Vietnam on rescue missions. A Kitty Hawk pilot hit a cave defense 140 miles south of Hanoi with a Fat Albert bomb, and Phantoms struck an ammunition dump 23 miles north of the DMZ creating multiple explosions.
Wealthy Cummins Engine Co. chairman J Irwin Miller told the Joint Economic Committee that the government fails in services from defense to transit and that Americans must accept higher taxes to fund expanding needs. He urged tax increases while praising private living standards and equality of justice. Miller, Yale and Oxford educated, has served on government commissions.
Cuero saw a high of 103 degrees as the city endured a second scorching spell this summer. Weekend house guests include Mr. and Mrs. Charles James of Houston. Barron Pea Co of Athens begins buying blackeyed peas in Cuero Thursday.
A government official warns that even with ideal efficiency, public and private living standards must be raised through higher taxes. The message emphasizes Congress must confront the fiscal cost of maintaining current services.
Manila faced the worst floods since World War II with 197 dead and over half a million people homeless or stranded in Central Luzon. Red Cross officials report up to 10 feet of floodwaters, "90 per cent under water" in Manila, and 50 evacuation centers sheltering about 14,000 people as President Marcos orders all available watercraft for rescue.
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