DeWitt County considers free bookmobile demonstration offer
The Texas Rural Library Service proposes a one year to 18 month free bookmobile showing a motorized library serving DeWitt County and adjoining Karnes County with access to Texas Star Library titles. Cost would start around 7000 dollars annually after the trial and a joint county agreement is sought by October.
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DeWitt County
Texas Rural Library Service
County Commissioners Court
Texas Star Library
Austin
Harold J. Marburver
Rural Library Service
Karnes County
Judye Hebert
DeWitt Co
Fed Butler
Marburger
DeWitt
Karnes
Texas
Texas State Library
Commissioners Court
Cuero Youth Rodeo names 1962 queen before SRO crowd
Gay Lucas, 16, daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Lucas of Cuero, was chosen queen of the second Cuero Youth Rodeo. The selection occurred Friday during the queen's contest prior to the first performance. a large crowd filled the venue. Contestants listed include Janet Williams, Mary Lou DeDear, Tinker Lane, Barbara Menning, Henri Jones, Katherine Hodge, and Charlotte Carte. Judges weighed horsemanship at 80 percent and dress and personality at 20 percent.
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Gay Lucas
Paul Lucas
Cuero
Miss Lucas
Gayle Carte
Yoakum
Janet
Cuero Scouts Return From Camp Wooten
Seventeen Boy Scouts and two adult leaders from Troop 245 sponsored by St. Marks Lutheran Men returned after a week at Camp Tom Wooten near Austin. They earned merit badges in swimming lifesaving rowing sharpshooting and pioneering. Fred Junker and Everitt Day were named Order of the Arrow members for their scouting. Scoutmaster E C Buchhorn Jr with W C Krueger and Perry Jackson led the troop. most camp expenses were paid from the troop treasury via circular delivery and other odd jobs.
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St. Mark's
Fred Junker
Everitt Day
Order-of-the-Arrow
E. C. Buchhorn, Jr
W. C. Krueger
Perry Jackson
Buchhorn
De Witt County 4 H Club Members Tour Fulton Beach
Fourteen members of the DeWitt County Home Demonstration Council visited Fulton Beach hosted by Mrs. Leslie Carroll. The group toured Port Aransas by ferry, swam and hiked, then returned aboard the 4 H bus.
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DeWitt County
Mesdames Martin
J. R Manson
Edwin Thieme
Wm. Khovelski
W. H. Hillen
Fimer Baker
Edwin Nagel
Victor Goebel
Joe Carroll
August Heimers
Charles Mueller
J .K. Winslett
Henry Koopman
A. Butler, Sr
Grain Load Orders Reported for Estes Warehouses
The Agriculture Department announced loading orders issued for 17,799,943 bushels of grain stored in Billie Sol Estes and associates warehouses. A report on actual grain taken was expected next week.
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Dallas
UPD
Articulture Department
Billie Sol Estes
Oil well blast injures driller in Baytown incident
An oil well blew out in Baytown injuring 41 year old Daniel Juneau of Houston who was admitted to Baytown San Jacinto Hospital with shock and minor burns. Red Adair's firefighting team was summoned to control the blaze that burned for hours.
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Baytown
UPS
Daniel Juneau
Houston
Baytown San Jacinto Hospital
Red Adair
Bank Robbery Suspect Held on 7000 Bond in Selma
Fred S. Parnell, 60, of Browns Alabama, was held on a 7000 bond for bank robbery after confessing to a 57 dollar heist at the Marion Junction State Bank. He had been employed near Houston as a farm laborer for about two years.
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Selma
Ala
UPI
Fred S. Parnell
Parnell
Browns
Houston
Marion Junction
Liberian President Ends Britain Visit Aboard Aureol
Liberian President William V. S. Tubman ended his visit to Britain and sailed home aboard the liner Aureol.
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Liverpool
UPI
William V. S. Tubman
Britain
Home
Aureol
Hit musical My Fair Lady closes in Oslo after 270 performances
The American musical comedy My Fair Lady closed in Oslo after 270 performances. The show reportedly drew about 25 000 Norwegian theatergoers, according to theatrical sources.
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Oslo
UPL
Permit Issued For New Cuero Dwelling
City Hall issued a building permit totaling 65769 for the Emil Penner residence to be built by R L Wagner Lumber Co at 1510 N Terrell Cuero. The 1650 square foot structure features brick veneer exterior brick interior birch paneling and seven tons of central air. A separate permit valued at 370 covers repairs and reroofing of the Doll House by the same contractor.
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City Hall
Emil Penner
R. L. Wagner Lumber Co
N. Ter
DeWitt 4 H Dress Revue Set for Wednesday
The DeWitt County 4 H Dress Revue will be held in Fellowship Hall at the First Baptist Church in Cuero on Wednesday. A film strip on Garment Construction runs 2 to 2 45 p.m. Refreshments from 2 45 to 3 15 p.m. and the style show with ribbons follows 3 15 to 4 p.m. Public is invited per Mildred Y. Martin.
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DeWitt County
First Baptist Church
Cuero
Mildred Y. Martin
Rites Sunday For Mrs Vivian Morgan
Mrs Nell Vivian Morgan 61 of Cuero died Friday night in a local hospital. She had worked for the Cuero Record since 1947 and moved here in 1939. Services are 2 30 p m Sunday at Freund Funeral Home with Rev Boyd Harris officiating. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery Yoakum. Born February 24 1901 in Rockwell Iowa. Survived by husband C E Morgan Sr and son C E Morgan Jr of Del Rio. She was a member of First Methodist Church.
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Freund Funeral Home
Boyd Harris
First Methodist Church
Oak Grove Cemetery
Yoakum
Morgan
Rockwell
Iowa
C. EF. Morgan
Cuero
Office of Price Administration
C. E. Morgan Jr
del Rio
McNamara Heads to Honolulu for Southeast Asia Talks
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara flies to Honolulu for his fifth conference with Pacific commanders on the progress of the war in South Vietnam and related Southeast Asia developments.
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Washington
UPS
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Honolulu
Pacific
South Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Celebrezze Confirmed as HEW Secretary
The Senate confirmed Cleveland Mayor Anthony J. Celebrezze to lead the Health Education and Welfare Department by voice vote. He succeeds Abraham A. Kibball who resigned last week to seek a U.S. Senate seat from Connecticut.
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Washington
Services Held For Mrs Catherine Leister
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Catherine Leister of Nordheim at the Lamprecht Funeral Home Chapel in Yorktown. Rev. W. C. Probst of St. Pauls Lutheran officiated. Burial followed in Nordheim cemetery. The 88 year old died after a two month illness. She is survived by six sons Rudolf Otto Alfred Alvin Nordheim Willy Cuero three daughters Mrs Mary Pargmann Mrs Frieda Bohach and Mrs Larry Pargmann all of Nordheim, 25 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
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Catherine Leister
Nordheim
Lamprecht
Yorktown
Leister
Willie Leister
Cuero
W. C. Probst
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Yorktown Memorial Hospital
Rudolf
Otto
Alfred
Alvin
Willie
Mary Pargmann
Frieda Kbohach
Larry Pargmann
U S Demonstrates Deliberate Answer To Soviet Claims
The United States mounted a swift reply to Khrushchev's boast of a space hitting missile by launching a 48 foot Nike Zeus anti missile with an Atlas nose cone target from Kwajalein Atoll. The interception occurred within minutes, signaling a potential breakthrough but not a guaranteed defense.
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U.S
United Press International
Washington
UPT
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
United States
Kwajelein Atoll
Southwest Pacific
McNamara
Army
Senate probes Estes grain shortages in government stores
Senator Mundt said the Estes case warrants probes into missing government grain in Billie Sol Estes elevators. Subcommittee members noted Agriculture Department counts show over 68 thousand bushels missing, disputed as erroneous by the department which cited a tiny error margin and no escrow funds or insurance claims.
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Washington
UPI
Karl E. Mundt
Senate
Billie Sol Estes
Mundt
Senate Investigation Committee
Estes
John J. Williams del
Congress
General Ring Office
Jhe
Orville L
DeWitt Invited To Centennial Observance
DeWitt County receives an invitation to the centennial of the Battle of the Nueces to be marked August 12 in Comfort. The Union monument at Comfort is the resting place of fallen Union loyalists from Kinney County. Survivors recount the 68 men who set toward Mexico and were attacked by about 120 Confederates, with 19 killed or wounded and additional executions.
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DeWitt County
Battle of the Nueces
Comfort
the Nueces
Kinney County
Turtle Creek
Mexico
Rio Grande
Devil's River
Ef, Ransleben
Texas
de Witt County Historical Survey Survey Committee
Cuero
Cuero Officials Attend Corpus Christi Industry Clinic
Three Cuero officials attended an industrial clinic in Corpus Christi sponsored by the South Texas Chamber of Commerce. Attendees included James R. F City manager and 8. M. Patterson Chamberman A symposium featured talks by Otto Goedeck owner of Guadalupe Cotton Mills Cuero and S. Paine economist from Texas A&M.
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Corpus Christi
South Texas
Chamb
Cuero
Ber of Commerce
The Bache & Co Heist The Missing Mgr X Laughing Stock
The 81.2 million in blue chip stocks vanished from Bache & Co with eight men arrested and a mysterious Mgr X still missing. Authorities say Vr N’s identity is known, signaling a swift end to the case as investigations unfold amid high stakes and intrigue.
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Chip
Mgr. X
Vr. N
Bache & Co
Accident on US 21 Kills Driver Melvin Hid
An auto veered off US-21 ran into a guard rail and killed driver Melvin B. Hid. Police and responders arrived to secure the scene and investigate the crash details.
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Devine
Us-21
Melvin B. Hid
Y Des
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