Cuero Crowns All-America City Flag Replaced Amid Inquiries
Cuero City Manager Wil Cockrell announced the blue and white All-America City flag has fallen to pieces despite reinforcement. The city refused spending for a replacement flag. Dewey Henderson of the Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture noted Cuero’s story and three photos appear in the Texas Parade issue, with continued mail requests for information.
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Cuero
Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Wil Cockrell
CCA
Dewey Henderson
LYN Chapter Meets Tonight in Cuero Texas
The Texas League of Licensed Vocational Nurses for De Witt and Lavaca Counties holds its regular monthly meeting at 0800 p.m. Thursday in the Bohman Clinic Cuero Texas. Officers will be installed and Dr. R R Reese of Cuero will present a lecture. Refreshments will be served. LVNs student nurses and guests are invited.
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Texas League of Licensed
De-Witt
Lavaca
Bohman
Nixon's Revised Welfare Plan Faces Senate Pushback
President Nixon's revised family assistance proposal draws liberal protests over the $1,600 annual family of four benefit and conservatives critique its limited work incentives and cost. Senate Finance Committee redrafted the plan while Elliot Richardson faces questions as HEW chief pick.
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Washington PD
Nixon
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
Elliot L. Richardson
Senate Committee
Health, Education and Welfare Department
HEWD
White House
De Witt County Okays Right-of-Way Plans and Bond
De Witt County Commissioners approved issuance of 150000 in certificates of indebtedness to buy right of way for road projects with the county paying half of state and federal highway costs and all farm road costs. Judge George Trowell noted the arrangement. In other business a 1000 bond for Assistant County Auditor Dorothy Gannon was approved.
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de Witt
George Trowell
Dorothy Gannon
Troop 243 Heads to Camp Tor Wooten for Week
Twenty five Scouts of Boy Scout Troop 243 will depart Sunday after church for a week at Camp Tor Wooten six miles northwest of Austin. Scoutmaster John Hamilton returns for the eighth year. Parents visit Thursday June 18 from 5 30 to 10 pm.
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Boy Scout Troop 243
Camp Tor Wooten
Austin
Brownie M Clung
Bohman Clinic
Lions Hear Disorders Discussed at Club Meeting
Captain Jim Coate of Houston spoke at the Lions Club on law enforcement procedures in civil disorders. He cited Texas crime figures for 1968 and Houston area stats including murders and robberies, with new member Hill Grimes welcomed and several membership awards presented.
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Jim Coate
Houston
Yesteday
Lions Club
Coate
Harris County Sheriff Department
Coate Conte
Texas
Orval Wright
Coate Hill Grimes
Mike Weber Grimes
Perry Bros
Jim Stone
C. L. Duckett
Bill Nami
Herbert Ruppert
Yoakum
Gilbert Koopmann
Yorktown
Posey Resigns At Bank Posey Resigns At Bank Youree Posey
Assistant vice president of Farmers State Bank and Trust Company, Youree Posey, resigns effective Friday to become cashier at Park State Bank in Woodland Park Colorado. He joined Farmers State January 1 1969 and is active in St. Michael's Catholic Church Knig hts of Columbus Cuere Lions Club.
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Youree Posey
Farmer's State Bank and Trust Company
E. P. Mixon
Mixon
Posey
Park State Bank
Woodland Park
Colorado
Farmer's State
St. Michael’s Catholic Church
Knigits of Columbus
Cuere Lions Club
Th Lions Club
Altar Society
Garden Club
Beta Sigma Phi Soronty
Cuere
Crescent Valley Creamery Closing Rumor Denied
Lyle Wayne vice president of Crescent Valley Creamery dismissed closing rumors as unfounded and said the business will continue normal operations. He noted office manager Angie Kleincke is retiring after years of service and did not name a successor.
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Crescent Valley
Lyle Wayne
Wayne
Angie Kieinecke
Localompany
Hess Fund Boosted In Two Cuero Bank Drives
Cuero banks and The Cuero Record organize a medical fund for 12 year old Jerry Hess of Stratton Rt Cuero. John W Mugge of Austin contributes by sending 400 to the Cuero United Fund and 100 to the Jerry Hess Fund and appeals DeWitt County citizens to help a kidney transplant effort for the boy.
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Cuero Banks
Cuero Record
Jerry Hess
Vernon Hess
John Wofford
Mugge
Cueroites Kin Taken by Death
Patrick Short brother of Mrs Pat Bell of Cuero and son of Mrs Ed Westerbeck died at his home in Florence Arizona. His funeral is set for Saturday June 13. Efforts to notify Mrs Bell have failed as of Thursday morning. He is survived by his mother sister and a son. Local highway patrol aided in the search for the family.
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Mrs. A. ©. Ater
Cuero High School
DeLola Rusche
Sig Rusche
Saralee Olson
Debbie Grafe
Judy Barber
Pat Bell
Ed Westerbeck
Cuero
Florence
Ariz
Short
Mr. Short
Funeral Set Today For Wreck Victim
Yorktown funeral services for Henry O. Leick 63 of Garfield are set for 4 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church. The Rev. Robert Cordes will officiate with graveside rites by the Yorktown Masonic Lodge at Lindenau Cemetery. Leick died when his car overturned near Yorktown at 11 a.m. yesterday and was pronounced dead at Yorktown Memorial Hospital. An autopsy was ordered. Irene Cavazos of Yorktown, a passenger, was hospitalized with head injuries. The 3 mile stretch of State Highway 119 where the crash occurred was described by Highway Patrolman M. Q. Jones. Leick owned a Yorktown grocery store. born in DeWitt County November 21, 1906, son of Edward F. and Christina Kubala Leick. He married Brunhilde Hengst of Lindenau on September 28, 1932. Survivors include his wife, two sons Henry Leick Jr. and Arvid G. Leick, two brothers Eddie and John Leick, three sisters and four grandchildren.
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Robert Cordes
Lindenau
Yorktown
Levick
Yorktown Memorial Hospital
M. Q. Jones
Cuero
Jones
Leick
DeWitt County
Edward F
Christina Kubala Leick
Brunhilde Hengst
Bills Sign Veterans Harme and Sherman
The Buffalo Bills announce the signings of veteran quarterbacks Jim Harme and Tom Sherman this Wednesday, adding experience to the NFL team's roster.
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Buffalo, N.V
UPI
Buffalo Bills
National Football League
Jim Harme
Tom Sherman
Schultz Named Head of New Government Management Project
President Nixon selects Labor Secretary George P. Schultz to head a vast government management program with control over budget and programs. Hodgson becomes deputy head, Weinberger named deputy director and budget chief. change follows another cabinet shakeup.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
George P. Schultz
Schultz
James D. Hodgson
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Casper W. Weinberger
Weinberger
Elliot L. Richardson
Robert H. Finch
Finch
White House
Jaycees Discuss Drugs and Youth Golf Plans
Cuero Jaycees heard Burey Means report on narcotics at the Tuesday meeting. Club rivals Yoakum and Yorktown challenged Cuero to a golf tournament with dates to be announced, as Hartsell and Kizer updated members on state board matters and youth camp arrangements for 150 youths at Cuero Municipal Park.
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Burey Means
Victoria
Jaycee
Cuero Club
Yoakum
Yorktown
R. D. Kizer
Cuero
Jack Hartsell
San Angelo
Hartsell
Charles Goodenough
Cuero Municipal Park
Salvation Army
Midlothian
Social Security Benefits in DeWitt County Rise Post 1969 Law
DeWitt County monthly social security payments amount to 208000 dollars as 1969 ends. M. E. Owen notes the 15 percent increase from a Nixon signed law, benefiting 3184 local recipients including retired workers, disabled beneficiaries, and dependents across age groups up to 22, with ongoing protections for disabled youths and survivor families.
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DeWitt County
Nixon
Coumty
Owen
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Wis
Carroll Laie
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Hess Fund
Cueroite
Patrick Short
Henry O. Leick
Garfield
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Henry Leick Jr
San Antonio
Arvid G. Leick
Eddie
John Leick
Edwin Striedel
Lester Oaken
Mary O'Conner
Pasadena
Capitol Hil
Jaycees
DeWitt SS
M. E. Owen
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