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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1970
Page
1
A San Antonio Express column excerpt warns against cynicism and nonparticipation in local affairs. It lists ten admonitions to avoid civic involvement, from attending meetings to voting, supporting local institutions, and credibly engaging with media, urging readers to reassess defeatist attitudes that hinder town progress.
Members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers at the C P L and L construction plant at Point Comfort contributed 22 dollars to the Jerry Mess Fund. Mrs Billy Langridge delivered a large donation Wednesday afternoon, boosting the Cuero Record fund to assist Jerry Hess of Cuero with a kidney transplant, the total now over 7 600 dollars.
DeWitt County Electric Co op members heard Connie Hardt and Gordon Barth of Yorktown speak on patriotism at a Tuesday meeting. Barth will again join the Government in Action Youth Tour next summer as a paid student advisor. The Record published transcripts of both talks.
Rep George Bush of Houston campaigns in Cuero with about 30 student interns and his son George Bush Jr. A ribbon cutting at DeWitt County headquarters precedes a City Park rally and press conference. Bush tours 35 Texas cities opposing Lloyd Bentsen for the Senate seat.
Ken Adams joins the olden Crescent Council of Governments as a director replacing Robert Jes who resigned to become DeWitt County Attorney. Adams also gets Budget Committee duties with Harris Marr and Jo Campbell. GCCOG names Robert W. Burr as new planning director. Phase I regional study drafts cover airports to open space. Endorsed funding for Shiner hospital and Yoakum sewer plant. Palmetto Dam noted as missing in Jackson County drainage project.
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church will host its annual bazaar on Sunday September 6. Parish Chairman Tony Carrisalez and Mateo Perez were named bazaar chairs with committees for concession stands. A barbecue dinner starts 11 30 a m and a Mexican supper at 5 p m. A bazaar queen will be named in August with candidates Margaret Gonzales Alice Campos and Theresa Mejia.
A House backed National Service Life Insurance Mortgage measure aims to free about 3 billion dollars over five years to fund veterans housing. The bill would use veterans insurance trust funds with administration opposition jeopardizing Senate approval and a possible veto.
The Cuero Lions Club heard about Freddie Steinmark the Texas Longhorns football player who lost a leg to cancer. The Ameri can Cancer Society produced The Steinmark Story and it was shown during a noon meeting. The talk emphasized research and periodic exams as the answer to cancer. Robert Post led the program and Bull Umphre was welcomed as a new member.
Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn announced Detroit and Atlanta as the sites for the 1971 and 1972 All Star Games. Major League owners approved the Detroit Tigers and Atlanta Braves requests to host the events at the close of their two day summer meeting in Montreal.
Victor Marshall Jones of Yoakum and Juline Mooney of Cuero face murder indictments after grand jury action. They are to appear for arraignment September 2 alongside two other defendants, Ronald Young and Antonio Guerrero. Jones is jailed for the Willie Coleman death and Mooney for the Robert Cox death.
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