Census count in DeWitt County questioned after 1970 preliminary tally
Local leaders urge uncounted residents of DeWitt County to report missed census forms. May 29 preliminary figures show population down to 17 845 from 20 683 in 1960, prompting concerns about accuracy and calls for residents to cooperate with enumerators.
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Chamber of Commerce
Census Bureau
Corpus Christi
DeWitt County
DeWitt
George Trowell
Cuero
Ragland Soldier Dies in Vietnam to Be Laid Tomorrow
Funeral services for Robert Ragland 20 Cuero soldier who drowned May 24 in Vietnam will be held tomorrow at Ti am Brothers Chapel United Methodist Church. Interment in Fort Sam Houston Cemetery San Antonio. Survivors include parents four brothers and two sisters. Ragland had served in Vietnam since June 1969 and was a 1968 Cuero High School graduate.
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Robert Ragland
Cuero
Viet Nam
Tiam
Brothers Chapel United Methodist Church
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio Sp
Ragland
Vietnam
George Ragland Jr
610
Evers
Leroy
Som Ragland
Houston
George
Johnny Ragland
Alice Marie Ragland
Harriet Curtis
Governor Preston Smith speaks in Victoria Monday
Governor Preston Smith will address public officials and community leaders from six counties at the Victoria Community Center as part of a Texas Communities Tomorrow conference for cities with populations under 12,000. State Sen. William N. Patman will introduce him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Smith
Golden
Crescent Council of Governmets
Victoria Community Center
Texas
William N. Patman
Canada
COG
George Stapies
Cuerclles
Jack Edgar
DeWitt
George Trowell
Wil Cockrell
Chamber of Commerce
Dewey Henderson
Yoakum
Harry Gibson
Council of Governments
Victoria
Kemper Wiliams
Calhoun
Goliad
Jackson
Lavaca
Texas Communities Tomorrow Service Team
Gov. Smith
Yoakum Tom Tom Queen Chooses Tonight in City Park
Miss Ann Mary Vaughn, daughter of Mr and Mrs W J Vaughn, seeks the Yoakum Tom Tom Queen title at 7 p m in Yoakum City Park. The winner will reign over three rodeo performances tonight and through Saturday at 8 p m in the arena there. Cuero Rawhide Riders members join the Tom Tom celebrations and plan a parade ride Saturday. Kathy Brewer, 18, is also noted in Tom Tom items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yoakum City Park
Ann Mary Vaughn
Cuero Rawhide
W. J. Vaughn
Cueru Kawhide
Cuero Chamber Drive Sees 20 New Members Enlist
Twenty new members joined the Cuero Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture as the membership drive began. Fritz Koehler is chairman and Howard Reinecke co chairman. drive ends at 5 pm. Prospective members may call chamber office before the deadline, said President Robert Post.
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Cuero Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Dewey Henderson
Fritz Koehler
Howard Rieinecke
Tower Row
Chamber
Robert Post
Scoutmaster Returns From Lost Pines Course In Bastrop
John C. Hamilton, scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 243, completed an eight day training course at Lost Pines Scout Reservation near Bastrop. Two adult scouters from the Capitol Area Council attended. Troop 243 held a packing program, hiked five miles, and prepared for summer camp with conservation work planned in Mustang Mott area and a Friday five mile hike. Monday is the last meeting before summer camp departure.
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John C. Hamilton
Boy Scout Troop 243
Lost Pines
Bastrop
Capitol Area Council
Headquarters Patrol
Hamiltons
Billy Lyman
Mustang Mott
Four Senate Runoffs Could Set Character
Texas voters will choose four Democratic nominees for the state senate in runoff races in Houston Fort Worth Amarillo and San Antonio. Outcomes could decide whether the 1971 Senate stays closely balanced or leans conservative. There are 16 Democratic house runoffs, with only two involving incumbents. Fort Worth features liberal Len Don Kennard opposed by conservative Joe Shannon Jr. San Antonio sees Reps Glenn Kothmann and Lamoine Holland in a race for the seat of the late W. E. Berry. In Houston James P. Wallace and Donald K. Shipley contend for the seat left by Criss Cole, both more conservative than Cole, with Wallace the more liberal of the two.
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United Pres International
Texas
Senate
Houston
Fort Worth
Amarillo
San Antonio
House of Representatives
Len Don Kennard
Joe Shannon Jr Shannon
Berry
Erate
Kothmann
Holland
James P. Wallace
Donald K. Shipley
Sen
Criss Cole
Cole
Wallace
Nixon Declares Cambodian Push a Success
President Nixon said the Cambodian operations were the most successful in the war and announced a resumed U S troop withdrawal from Vietnam. He projected 50 000 more Americans out by Oct 15 and that all forces in Cambodia would be out by the June 36 deadline, with bombing halted then unless needed for force protection.
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Vietnam
U.S
Nixon
California
Creighton W. Abrams
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Senate
Young Farmer Field Day Hosted by Area X in Cuero
The Area X Young Farmer Field Day will be hosted by the Cuero Chapter on Friday with chapters from Cuero Kenedy George West Linton Three Rivers Yorktown Mathis represented. Registration runs 8:20 to 9 am at Cuero High School cafeteria. Tours include Hansen Turkey Hatchery crowing farm breeder farm and Goebel Turkey Farm. A 12:30 turkey luncheon and 2:30 Allied Mills plant tour are planned. About 60 Young Farmers plus spouses and teachers expected. Carroll Blank leads host chapter.
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Area X
Cuere
Kenedy
George West
Linton
Three Rivers
Yorktown
Mathis
Cuero High School
Arlen Goebel
Jack Edgar
Ciergo
Ik. FB. Sims
Hansen Turkey Hatchery
Turkey Farm
River Bend
Goebel Turkey Farm
Allied Mills
Bo McFarland
Cuero
Carroll Blank
Church Women Appeal for Donations in Cuero
Cuero Church Women United urge donations to the Good Neighbor fund to aid a needy Cuero family. Three more donors are needed. Mrs. Mary Beth Poth reports efforts to establish a Cuero child care center. Mrs. Lem Duderstadt notes clothes sent to Lubbock and San Marcos by the Second Mile Guidance Center. Attending were Mrs. Santos, Mrs. Bodeen, Mrs. Eberhardt, Mrs. Grunder, Miss Mitchell, Mrs. Hahn, Mrs. Taylor.
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Good Neighbor Fund
Cuero Church Women United
Mary Beth Poth
Cuero
Lem Duderstadt
Lubbock
San Marcos
Second Mile Guidance Center
Church Women United
Robert Santos
Charles Bodeen
Ruth L. Eberhardt
William Grunder
Gladyce Mitchell
A. A Hahn
Dorothy Taylor
Ex Cuero Soldier Recovering After Vietnam Wounds
Corporal Robert Leo Taylor, former Cuero resident, is recuperating at his San Antonio home after hospitalization for wounds received in Vietnam. Taylor, son of Mrs. Dorothy Taylor and the late Bonnie Taylor Sr., was wounded on April 25. A Cuero High School graduate, he entered the Army in December 1967.
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Robert Leo Taylor
Cuero
San Antonio
Vietnam
Taylor
Dorothy Taylor
Bonnie Taylor Sr
Cuero High School
Sergeant Koenig backs Cambodia invasion as right move
SGT Ricky Koenig of Cuero two time Vietnam veteran says the Cambodia invasion is the smartest move and that American troops along the border are safer. He praises freedom of speech yet urges open minds and support from home while planning a six month Vietnam tour with the 210th Combat Aviation Battalion Security Guard before returning to his unit.
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Vietnam
Ricky Koeniig
Cuero
Cambodia
Koenig
Charles Koenig
Korea
United States
Koentz
210Th
LTNFF
Tim Von Dohlen Addresses Cuero Lions on Drugs
Tim Von Dohlen of Goliad 42nd District Democratic nominee spoke at Sands Steakhouse about drug abuse, availability and dangers. He warned of citizen apathy and urged action while outlining forthcoming legislature drug recommendations.
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Tim von Dohlien
Cuero Lions Club
Sands Steakhouse
von Dohlen
Goliad
George
Howard Bennett
van Cohen
Westhoff Road Upgrade Planned in Texas Highway Project
Texas Highway Department outlines improvements to U S Highway 87 from two miles southwest of Westhoff to the Gonzales county line. The plan retains Westhoff along with a four lane segment near the Westhoff Cemetery, adds climbing lanes, and requires a 121 foot right of way except through Westhoff. Maps are viewable at the resident engineer's office in Yuskum. State and federal funding share are described.
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Texas Highway Department
Westhoff
Gonzales
Weshoff
Nngineer
Yuskum
Texas obscenity law upheld by three judge panel
A Dallas three judge panel mostly upheld Texas obscenity law while striking down a provision allowing seizure of allegedly obscene material without a hearing. The ruling keeps bans on distribution and sale to adults for private use, rejecting injunctions against bookstores and theaters in Dallas Lubbock and Amarillo.
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Dallas
UPI
Texas
Ing
Sarah T. Hughes
Halbert O. Woodward
Irving I. Goldberg
Lubbock
Amarillo
Supreme Court
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Ragland Funeral
London
UPN
Gerald Pilon
Pilch
Lima
Peru
Chimbote
Yoakum Fete
Kathy Brewer
Yoa
CCA
Eugene
Risher
Washington
Young Farmer Unit
Cueroite
Sgt
Ricky Koenig
Tor
The
United
States
Lot
Ricky Kopbing
Tim von Dohlen
Bill Nami
Calvin Webb
Jack Carh
Dalton Metting
Charles Edgar
Yorktown Sons
Freddie Pieper
Bill Grimes
Perry Bros
Reed Robinson
Franklin D. Roosevelit
Westhoff Road
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