Town Tat By D L Prentice On POW Protests in Paris
Dr Harold High and FE Summers Jr join others pressing Hanoi peace negotiators to improve POWs conditions. The writer argues protests may bolster Hanoi’s view of American weakness while noting progress converting Crescent Valley Creamery into a public library on East Courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold High
FE. T. Summers Jr
Paris
North Vietnam
Hanoi
United States Senate
Tol
Red China
North Korea
Crescent Valley Creamery
East Courthouse
Victoria Man Escapes Hurts In Car Wreck
Marvin Lee Lockhart of 2501 Cercis Victoria crashed his late model pickup on US 183 near Hochheim at 6 10 a m. He escaped injury though the vehicle was a total loss. The 26 year old son of County Commissioner Marvin Lockhart Precinct 4 was not charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Lee Lockhart I
Cercis
Victoria
Hochheim
Lockhart
Marvin Lockhart
Hocheim
US 183
Texas Highway
Jim Fitzpatrick
Cuero
Fitzpatrick
January Was Eleventh Month in Roman Calendar
United Press International notes that January was the eleventh month in the Roman calendar until 153 B.C. when reforms moved it to the start of the year. The snippet explains calendar history and month naming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Funeral Set Here For Wreck Victim
Rosary for Jimmy Eugene Broz 22 of Cuero who died from injuries in a car wreck near Sheridan will be spoken at Oak Memorial Funeral Home Chapel at 8 p.m. Mass at 9 a.m. Friday at St. Michael's Church with Rev. Peter Higgins. Burial at St. James Cemetery Gonzales. Broz was thrown from a car that struck a bridge railing on U S Highway 90A two miles east of Sheridan in Colorado County. Survivors include his parents Mr and Mrs Jim Broz Cuero and three sisters Mrs Mary Rabel Gonzales Mrs Lillie Hull Giddings and Miss Janie Broz Cuero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Eugene Broz
Cuero
Sheridan
Oak Memorial Funeral Home Chapel
St. Michael’s Catholic Church
Peter Higgins
St. James Catholic Cemetery
Gonzales
Broz
Colorado County
James Rodeny Green
Eagle Lake
Green
Jim Broz
Mary Rabel
Lillie Hull
Giddings
Janie Broz
Lions Help Out With Hospital Landscaping Night
Sixty three members of the Cuero Lions Club and six Cuero Community Hospital auxiliaries joined a work night to prepare hospital grounds for shrubbery planting by Cuero Jaycees next Tuesday. Donations to the landscaping fund from Cuero Butane Gas Rotary Club Cuero VFW Auxiliary and Mrs Rachel Wimbish were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero Lions Club
Cuero Community Hospital Auxilians
Cuero Jaycees
J. B. McAlister
McAlister
C. L. Duckett
Auxiliary
Cuero Butane Gas
Rotary Club of
Cuero
V.F.W. Auxiliary
Rachel Wimbish
Train Watcher Dies in Cleburne Car Crash
Lola A. Dean 81 widow of a train conductor was killed in a crash at a railroad crossing in Cleburne Texas. Her car struck a truck waiting at the crossing as she watched the afternoon train arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleburne, Tex
UPI
Lola A. Dean
Cleburne
Charge Filed After Wreck On Esplanade
A two car collision at 2 35 p m near Ritter's Service Station on Esplanade involved Claude Blackwell and Nick Scheffler. Both drivers escaped injury. Scheffler cited for failure to yield right of way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Blackwell
2Nd St
Nick Scheffler
Ward St
Scheffler
Blackwell
Wright
UT acreage held illegally bought by county officials
Austin Court of Appeals ruled that about 230 acres of the UT Permian Basin site in Ector County cannot be developed with state funds. The decision overturns a lower court ruling and says commissioners illegally diverted $600,000 in local revenue to pay for the land. The suit also questioned clear title to 308 acres crisscrossed with oil lines and drilling equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
H. Winston Hall
Appellate Cout
Uni
John C. Phillips
Hull
University
Governor Puts Rap on Nixon
Texas Governor Preston Smith blasts the Nixon administration over drought relief saying the state has not been declared a disaster area. He accuses Sen John Tower and federal officials of politicizing the drought and laments the lack of a presidential disaster declaration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Nixon
Preston Smith
Smith
White House
Scouts of Cuero Troop 243 Receive 1971 Charter
Boy Scout Troop 243 Cuero receives its 1971 charter from the National Council BSA New Brunswick New Jersey. Presentations were led by Travis Spears with J W Bridges and Elmer Krueger among sponsors and officials. Future events include Troop 245 medical rechecks and Philmont scout activities with a week at Camp Tom Wooten and visiting night for parents June 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero
National Council
Boy Scouts of America
New Brunswick
New Jersey
Travis
Red’ Spears
Liveoak
J. W. Bridges
Spears
Elmer Krueger
Citizens Club of
Citizens Club
Alvin Noack
John C. Hamilton
Bohman Clinic
Philmont Scout Ranch
Hamilton
Philmont
Tom Wooten
Scouts
Cuero High School hires 57 students for NYC summer program
Assistant Principal DeWayne Scott announced Cuero High School will employ 57 students this summer under the Neighborhood Youth Corps. Participants work twenty hours weekly in school maintenance and attend a one hour counseling session each week. The NYC is part of the Manpower Administration Program of the U.S. Department of Labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero High School
DeWayne Scott
Scott
Nyc
U.S. Department of Labor
Eastern Star installs Cuero chapter officers at meeting
Cuero Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star installed new officers at the Cuero Masonic Temple Tuesday night. Otha Eaves and Jack Edgar were named worthy patrons and matrons, with several other officers listed including secretary Mrs. Bob Wilson treasurer Homer Weatherly conductress Mrs. Sheldon and others. After the business session, refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero
Order of the Eastern Star
Cuero Masonic Temple
Otha Eaves
Jack Edgar
Bob
Jack Boothe
Electa
Panhandle Welcomes Rainfall From Thunderstorms
Heavy storms moved through the Texas Panhandle bringing needed rain. A brief tornado sighting was reported near Grover but no damage occurred. Amarillo received about half an inch while temperatures elsewhere topped 100 degrees in Cotulla and 101 in Laredo. A Panhandle tornado watch lasted until 2 a.m. with Grover as the sole funnel report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Panhandle
Grover
Amarillo
Panhandle
Cotulla
Laredo
Kansas
Guard Leader Versatile Man
Lt Col Charles H Kane of the Texas National Guard commands the 1st Battalion 141st Infantry Brigade during 15 days of field training at North Fort Hood. A farmer rancher from La Pryor, Kane began his military career in 1952 and earned the Bronze Star with V during service in Korea and Vietnam as district senior advisor in the Mekong Delta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
141St Infantry Brigade
Texas National Guard
Charles H. Kane
la Pryor
San Antonio
Cuero
Gonzales
North Fort Hood
Texas A&m University
Kane
25Th Recon
Korea
US Army Reserve
Vietnam
Mekong Delta
United States
South Vietnam
Doughnut Shop Plans July Opening Here
Dixie Creme Doughnuts, a franchise, will open between July 1 and July 10 in the old Macha Cleaners building at 702 E Broadway. W Travis Spears of Cuero will manage the new operation, after years as a Coca Cola Bottling Co salesman locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie Creme Doughnuts
Macha Cleaners
E. Broadway
W. Travis Spears
Cuero
Spears
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Hot Dry Weather Blamed for Water Condition in Cuero
City Manager Larry Smith cites hot dry weather as the reason for smelly murky water from Cuero taps. Hydrogen sulfide and iron naturally occur in well water and normally settle in storage tanks, but heavy usage prevents storage time. Cuero mobilized Layne-Texas experts to inspect wells after rapid pumping has raised concerns of equipment failure and water quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero
Larry Smith
Smith
Layne-Texas
Corpus Christi
Head Start Field Trips Planned by Advisory Committee
Head Start field trips to a dairy farm and Victoria Zoo were approved by the Policy Advisory Committee. President Louis Liendo led the discussion as members also planned future programs with talks by Cuero Police sergeant Octavian Comps and game warden Bil Drehy. There are 114 children enrolled in the 197 Head Start program.
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Victoria Zoo
Louis Liendo
Octavian Comps
Cuero
Bil Drehy
Liendo
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D. L. Prentice Record
Victoria Man
Cueroites
Burns Hospital
Cuero Community Hospital
Sisters of the Incarnate Word
Blessed Sacrament of Victoria
Bottom Dollar Stores, Inc
Houston
D. L. Prentice
Lions
Esplanade
Troop 243
Camp Torn Wooten
Grace Episcopal Church
St. Michael’s Cath
Olic Church
Palmetto State Park
Luling
Charles HH. Kone
Army National Guard
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