Local DeWitt County results in Democratic runoff and governor race
DeWitt County voters backed Briscoe for governor with 2376 votes and Farenthold 992. Wayne Connally led for lieutenant governor with 2039, Hobby statewide winner. Barefoot Sanders topped Yarborough 1977 to 1353 for U S Senate. Calvert won county comptroller 2023 to 1218. Koopman edged Hattenbach 433 to 413 for county commissioner precinct 4. Grover led governor Republican runoff with 21 to 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dulph Briscoe
Wayne Connally
Barefoot Sanders
Rwibert Koopman
DeWitt County
Henry C. “Hank” Grover
DeWitt
Dinh Briscoe
Frances “Sissy
Bill Hobby
Hobby
U.S
Ralph Yarborough
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Robert Calvert
James
Jim" Wilson
Precinet
Gilbert Koopman
Gus Hattenbach
Koopman
Hattenbach
Henry C
Hank" Grover
Albert Fay
Patman Receives Regional Conservation Award
Senator Bill Patman of Texas earns the Region III Conservation Award for his soil and water conservation work on the Patman farm. The honor cites experimental grasses, new cash crops, farm and ranch management, and drainage improvements benefiting Jackson County. Presented at Floresville by G Stanley Tepp-Ypich on behalf of the Soil Conservation Society of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Patman
Gando
Texas
Patman
Floresville
G. Stanley Tepp- Ypich
Soil Contvation Society of America
Jackson County
S.W.C.D
Harry Hafernick
Edm
Jerome Peters
Ganado
John E. Franksor
Palacios
Rudolph Skalicky
Albert C.ndall
Edna
Jackson District
Governors Rebel Against McGovern at Democratic Meet
Southern and border state governors condemn Senator McGovern over defense cuts and a federal minimum income. They charge his credential challenges aim to secure 1,509 delegates and warn a first ballot McGovern victory would hurt Democratic prospects in the South. Governors include Carter and Ford with support from Bumpers Scott West Heanes Waller Mandel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
UPI
George S$. McGovern
McGovern
McGovern Commission
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Chicago
Carter
South
Wendell Ford
Kentucky
Ford
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Dale Bumpers
Arkansas
Robert W. Scott
North Carolina
John C. West
South Carolina
Warren Heanes
Missouri
William Waller
Mississippi
Marvin Mandel
Maryland
Lawrence O'Brien
Local notes list signers and upcoming school projects
Margaret Barnes seeks an extra copy of The Record noting her father Charles I Lenz as a signer on an ancient document. Virginia Lewis and Linda Henderson begin a six week coordinated high school English curriculum project. Carol Ross a Cuero graduate and North Texas College librarian will catalog materials with them. F C Prentzler will catalog science materials for Junior High. Ernestine McClung and Ray Kelly work in summer school on remedial reading and math. Betty Lackey seeks the 1934 Turkey Tret Cook book edited by Doll Peavy Heisig, now out of print. Pat Leslie enjoys a new yard at 206 East Prairie. Ellen Moffitt moved to a compact house on East Sarah. A two week painting workshop travels from San Antonio to Ingram and Kerrville. A caravan drive features Win Oliver in Los Angeles, Alice in an Oldsmobile, Martha Davenport in a Mercedes, and the author in a Ford, with Kerrville expressway travel time around an hour. Birthday wishes go to Reiffert F Blackwell and Tim Stubbs of Memphis. Dr Bill Grunder shows a photo of his grandson Mark, son of Sidney and Donnie Poole of Austin. Peace of mind and inward happiness are life’s greatest reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Lewis
Linda Henderson
Carol Ross
Cuero
North Texas College
San Antonio
Ingram
Kerrville
Hill Country Arts Foundation
Win Oliver
L.A
Plaza
Plymouth
Alice
Martha Davenport
U S Plane Crashes Near Pescadores Islands
A U S Air Force C100 transport with six aboard crashed early today near the Pescadores Islands in the Formosa Strait during a training mission. Rescue teams recovered one body with no survivors found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
UPI
U.S. Air Force
Pescadores Islands
Formosa Strait
Air Force
Spo
Kesman
U.S. Air Force Base
Peseadores
Tm Teseadores
Taiwan
Cemetery Panel Burns Station Cemetery Association Formed
A cemetery association was organized at the W. Key home on East Main Street. Officers elected were Jesse Mills president Corinne Carlton secretary Jesse Mills treasurer and Lee Benbow reporter. Members may join if they have a relative buried in Burns Station Cemetery and meetings are held twice a year with the next meeting on the last Saturday in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns Station Cemetery
Br W. Key
East Ain St
Jesse Mills
Corinne Carlton
Lee Benbow
Burns Station Cemetery Association
Communists Retreat As South Vietnamese Forces Seize Kontum Church
North Vietnamese troops withdrew under heavy South Vietnamese fire as government forces entered Kontum's Roman Catholic Church, used as a Communist HQ for 11 days. Casualties included 11 South Vietnamese killed or wounded and more than 100 Communists found dead after air strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Okuley
Saigon
UPI
Kontum
U.S
Phu My
Aigon
Komtum
Phuong Nghai
Congress Urged To Raise National Debt Limit
The administration asked Congress to raise the debt limit by 15 billion dollars to 465 billion to cover a continuing deficit. Hearings were set by the House Ways and Means Committee with witnesses including John B. Connally and Charly FE. Walker. LINK: liberals push tax reform tied to the bill while Mills proposes repealing 54 tax loopholes by 1976.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Bernhardt Washington
UPI
Congress
House Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
John B. Connally
Charly FE. Walker
John Byrnee
R-Wis
Byrnes
Teasury Department
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Texas A and I Honor Roll Announced
Texas A and I University in Kingsville lists spring semester honorees. Honor Roll recipients include Glenda Ann Henry of Cuero Beverly Gibbs Allan Buass Lonnie Drozd Billy Edens Jr Robert Noake Dennis Schramek Betty Burkett Linda Jetton May Will Haun more from Victoria Yoakum and Yorktown. Dean's List members include Shirley Great Richard McAlister Barry Klaevermann Catherine May Jacquelyn Duke Karen Gauthier Anthony Schooner from Victoria Cyers Runge Nordwind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas A&i University
Kingsville
Glenda Ann Henry
Cuero
Beverly Kay Gibbs
Cueroite
Allan James Buass
Lonnie C. Drozd
Billy Dwight Edens, Jr
Robert Glenn Noake
Dennis Carl Schramek
Victoria
Betty Jo Burkett
Linda Kay Jetton May
Yoakum
Will Floyd Haun
Yorktown
Shirley Marie Great
Richard FE. McAlister
Cyers
Barry Lee Klaevermann
Nordwim
Catherine L. May
Runge
Jacquelyn Duke
Karleen K. Gauthier
Anthony Schooner
Ice Cream Supper Planned by Green DeWitt Club
The Green DeWitt Club plans an ice cream supper for June 25. Members are urged to help at a June 4 meeting, 1 30 p m, with chairmen Mary Goebel and Marguerite Johnson coordinating tasks. The June meeting, attended by 25 members, opened with Katherine Goebel reading "The Clock of Life."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green DeWitt Club
Mary Goebel
Marguerite Johnson
Earline Goebel
Katherine Goebel
Director of Youth Appointed at Calvary Baptist Church
Jeff McGowan a Howard Payne College sophomore is named Director of Youth Ministry for the summer at Calvary Baptist Church. A Corpus Christi native he is associated with Teen Challenge a program aiding youth with addiction and has traveled across the U S and Canada on mission tours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff McGowan
Howard Payne College
Calvary Baypitist Church
Corpus Christi
Brother Jeff
Teen Challenge
U.S
Canada
Young McGow
Lutheran Leaders Revise Marriage Service for Modern Brides
The Inter Lutheran Commission on Worship unveils a new service recognizing brides writing vows and eliminates the pastor’s pronouncement of marriage. It allows parental blessings but ends the tradition of “giving away” the bride while stressing shared commitment and equality, anchored in scripture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inter- Lutheran Commission On Worship
United States
Lutheran Church In America
Eugene L. Brand
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Polliwogs
By Polly Howerton
Briscoe
Connally Sanders
DeWitt Co
Bil
Sen. Patman
Sen. McGovern
By Donald Lambro
Margaret Barnes
Charles I. Lenz
F. C. Prentzler
Ernestine McClung
Ray Kelly
Betty Lackey
Doll Peavy
Heisig
Pat Leslie
East Prairie
Bill
Ellen Moffitt
Sarah Altho
Reiffert F. Blackwell
Tim Stubbs
Memphis, Tennessee
Bill Grunder
Mark
Sidney
Donnie Poole
Austin
Radi
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Reprt
da Nang
North
South Vietnam
U. S. Command
Texas A&és
Louis Cassels
Kihlal Gabrin
Erich Segal
Dr. Brand
Apostle Paul
Ephesus
Paul
Jesus
Christ
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