Ex-President Johnson Admitted to Brooke General Hospital
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson was admitted to Brooke General Hospital at Ft. Sam Houston with chest pains and nausea. He was flown in from LBJ Ranch after a planned routine checkup and followup heart tests related to his April heart attack in Charlottesville Virginia.
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San Antonio
Lynda
Charles Robb
Johnson
Virginia
Brooke
LBJ
South Central
Woolworth Heir Lance Reventlow Dies in Aspen
Lance Reventlow heir to the Woolworth fortune and Barbara Hutton's son was killed in Aspen Colorado. His death is reported by UPI with details continuing on page three.
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Aspen, Colo
UPI
Lance Reventlow
Woolworth
Barbara Hutton
Local social notes and vintage references from Cuero area
Social items include AVMA convention notes in New Orleans and residents visiting relatives in Texas. Mentions Peggy Voelkel in Houston, Ed Windel and family in Brownsville, Rudolph Peritz in Austin, and ties to the Blackwell family. Features old dance program from 1909 Mohawk Ball in Cuero with names of organizers and committees. Also notes about bearded Lawrence Tiffin, Jimmy Reiffert, Charlie Cole, Fain McDougal, and a birthday for Dr. Towery along with a distant New York gas car anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Howerton
Mohawk Club
Cuero
Texas
Boston
S. F. Grimes
S.C. Lackey
Thos. A. Graves
George J. Schleicher
Thornton Hamilton
Rud. Klebert, Jr
Walter Turner
F. S. Schleicher
I. N. Mitchell
S. E. Weldon
W. B. Grizzard
J. T. Wofford, Jr
J. H. Wimbush
Woodward Clement
J. C. Howerton
R. E. Kleas
Roy Hamilton
Chancey Wofford
Record Office
New Officer Hired By Probation Department
Tri County Probation Officer Robert Hesse announced the hiring of John Barry 27 of Edna. Barry a UC graduate with a B S in Psychology will handle adult probation in Jackson County and assist with juveniles. A $44 088 state grant funds the area department covering DeWitt Goliad and Jackson Counties.
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Probation Department
Tri-County
Robert Hesse
John Barry
Edna
Barry
University of California
Jackson County
Hesse
Niles
Paratroopers Recapture Citadel in Quang Tri City Victory
South Vietnamese paratroopers overran the Communist held Citadel in Quang Tri City to retake the provincial capital as part of a four week government drive. Spokesmen said fighting was heavy near the Citadel with 23 communists and nine paratroopers killed.
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Arthur Higbee
Saigon
UPI
Quang Tri
South Vietnam
Saigon Command
Quang Tri City
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Mayors Back Nixon Revenue Sharing Ahead of Senate Vote
Washington leaders and big city mayors praised President Nixon for revenue sharing proposals after a White House briefing. Mayors Louie Welch and Sam Massell voiced unified support noting bipartisan backing and the House version at 5.3 billion dollars. Gladys Spellman called the meeting excellent. The Senate Finance Committee is expected to approve a similar measure.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Big
White House
Capitol Hill
Senate Finance Committee
Louie Welch
Houston
Congress
Welch
Sam Massel
Atlanta
Senate
Massell
Gladys Spellman
Prince Georges County
National Association of Counties
Spellman
House
Mansfield Backs GOP Plan to End Nam War
Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield said he will support a Republican amendment to force U S withdrawal by cutting off funding. The move would compel an end to U S involvement in Vietnam, Mansfield indicated.
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Sen. Mansfield
GOP
Washington
United States
Montana Democrat
John Sherman Cooper
Rey
Edward M. Brooke
Cooper-Brooke
U.S
Indochina
Mansfield
Congress
Cooper
Brooke
War Fund
Britain-wide strikes swell asdockers demand jailed colleagues release
Thousands of striking workers march behind union banners to Pentonville Prison demanding release of five longshoremen jailed for contempt. The protest spreads across Britain with about 140000 off work and ports nearly shut, while Edward Heath discusses emergency plans and food stocks hold.
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London
UPI
Pentonville
Britain
Edward Heath
Norman Turner
High Court
Mosquito Spraying Expanded in Cuero
Cuero will intensify mosquito control with daily spraying for a week and then every other day if rain stays away. City Manager Larry Smith says the chemical mix is safe for plants animals and children. Residents are urged to remove containers that collect water and keep yards mowed. In a separate matter bids for Valley Street drainage were received with Mid-Texas Austin lowest at 25.87 per linear foot for 700 feet totaling 18 109 and Kaiser Aluminum bidding 28.95 per foot for 20 265. Drainage Commission No 1 tabled the bids for further study and the city will supply materials while the commission handles installation.
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Cuero
Smith
Valley Street
Broadway
Mid- Texas
Austin
Kaiser Aluminum
Dallas
Drainage Commission No. 1
British Army Moves to Invade Ulster Catholic Areas
British armored tank supporters secreted into Belfast as violence flares across Ulster. Reports say the vehicles may clear minefields and barriers around Bogside and Creggan estates ahead of a potential invasion. Police say an Belfast civilian was found shot dead as bombings injure multiple people. Whitelaw vows tougher action against the IRA.
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Joseph Fleming
Belfast
UPI
Ulster
Londonderry
Lurgan
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Creggan
William Whitelaw
Parliament
Koenning Descendants Elect Officers at Westhoff Reunion
The Koenning family elected officers for the 1972-73 reunion at the American Legion Hall in Westhoff with Mrs. A. T. Schubert as president and others named. The eleventh reunion is slated for the third Sunday in July 1973 with attendees from Path, Shiner, Victoria, Floresville, Pasadena, San Antonio, Pleasanton, Yorktown, Cuero, and Westhoff among towns represented.
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Koenning
American Legion Hall
Westhoff
A. T Schubert
Robert Stobb
Walter Boehm
Fritz Hilbrich
Bertha Mueller
Dee Dee Dickerson
Jay T. Dickerson
John Himmelrich
Poth
Darwin Koenning
Victoria
Alfred Schultz
C. A Parker
Pasadena
Path
Shiner
Floresville
San Antonio
Pleasanton
Yorktown
Cuero
Ecology And Fire Ants In The Balance Of Nature
Louis Cassels discusses ecology as a scientific study of nature's balance and clarifies that human intervention can aid civilization. He notes EPA limits on DDT and Mirex draw debate, with DDT saving millions from diseases but harming wildlife, and Mirex usage limited as fire ants spread northward toward Washington DC.
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Louis Cassels
United Press International
Ecology
Mesopotamia
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Federal
Agriculture Department
The
Washington, D.C
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Charles Tubbs
AVMA
New Orleans
Charles
Peggy Voelkel
Ann
Carter Thomas
Ray Voelkel
Camp Mystic
Hunt
Ed Windel
Leland
Jo Ann
Brownsville
Rudolph Joseph Peritz
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
School of Law
University of Texas
Peritz
Mary Blackwell
Finley Blackwell
Blackwells
Bill Leonhardt
Alfreda Steindorf
Woodsboro
Leona Schleinstedt
Wilburt Steindorf
Lawrence Tiffin
Jimmy Reiffert
Charlie Cole
Fain McDougal
Dr. W. R Towery
Genevieve Nami
John Leick
Oop
New York
Charles En
Eai
Gretchen Spenrath
Southwest Texas State
San Marcus
DeWitt County
Karnes City
Karnes County
Spenrath
Boerne
Extension Assis
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Ireland
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