Cuero notes on Centennial plans and local happenings
Polly Howerton reports Cuero social notes from a cool evening. Parade plans include range turkeys leading the procession and residents hope for rain. The Gables restaurant on The Point, renamed and redecorated, overlooks the Guadalupe river near a renewed open air theatre. Cuero natives Val and Mary Gohmert move to Kerrville while brother Bill dies in Oklahoma. Local painters Helen Van Buren and Genevieve Richter exchange works, and San Antonio visitors the Landrigans are in town.
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Country Kitchen
the Gables
Guadalupe River
Nina
Ted Harwood
Pierce Gohmert
Val" Gohmert
Mary
Draper
Mount Wesley
Kerrville
Big Lake
Texas
Park Lane
Val
Bill
Oklahoma
Ione Feuss
Cuero
Helen van Buren
San Antonio
Genevieve Richter
Laredo
Mayor's Entry Wins Race at Armadillo Exposition
Cuero Mayor Jack Edgar's entry won the feature rate at the second Armadillo Exposition in Victoria Texas. The three day event drew about 3000 spectators who enjoyed shell races, carnival rides, cigarette rolling and body painting contests, and a tuba blow-off.
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Victoria
Tex
UPI
Cuero
Jack Edgar
Straightway
Porter returns to Vietnam talks with no new proposals
William J. Porter arrives at Orly Airport resuming duties as head of the U S delegation to Vietnam peace talks. He says the goal remains a negotiated settlement and that current proposals form a good basis while the United States would be flexible if discussions become serious. The talks are deadlocked with Hanoi and the Viet Cong refusing to negotiate.
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Paris
UPI
William J. Porter
Vietnam
United States
Porter
Orly
U.S
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Fly Old Glory On June 14
District 24 Commander A W Schaffner urges LOYAL and PATRIOTIC Americans to display Old Glory for National Flag Day on Wednesday June 14 in Cuero Texas. He notes Cuero’s ALL AMERICAN CITY recognition and calls residents to publicly show allegiance, promising a feel of pride and urging continued patriotic displays through July 4 and beyond.
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District 24
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Department of Texas
A. W. Schaffner
Cucro
Schaffner
Cuero
United States
U. S. Fighter Bombers Hit Major N Vietnam Plant
U S Air Force fighter bomber raids knocked out Lang Chi hydroelectric plant 65 miles northwest of Hanoi leaving the plant completely nonoperational. B52s joined strikes on targets near the DMZ and Dong Hoi while losses included several helicopters and one Navy Intruder crash with crews missing.
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U. S
N. Vietnam
Arthur Higbee
Saigon
UPI
U.S. Air Force
North Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
Hue
Areca
Lang Chi
Hanoi
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Pochentong
Air Force
Lang Dang
Tam Dan Highway
Vietnams
Dmz
Dong Hoi
U.S. Navy AG
Nam Dinh
Thua Thien Province
South Dakota Flood Death Toll Passes 200
Rapid City reports more than 200 dead after a dam burst unleashed floodwaters across the Black Hills. Search teams with dogs worked through the night in muddy ruins as officials noted possible duplication in fatalities. Senator McGovern visited the flood area by helicopter amid widespread destruction.
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Karl. Flowers
Rapid City
S.D
UPI
South Dakota
Black Hills
Pat Dixon
George McGovern
Ds.d
Washington
Seven Hurt In Collision Near Cuero At U S 183
Seven persons were injured Sunday in a two car crash at the intersection of U S Highway 183 and Farm Road 237 near Cuero at about 3 15 p m. The Metting family from Victoria were treated at Yorktown Memorial Hospital and then Victoria hospital. The Yelder party from Kerns, Texas received medical care at Cuero Community Hospital. Highway Patrolman Robert Dobbins led the investigation.
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Cuervo
U.S. Highay 183
Farm Road 237
Anna Loyie Metting
Victoria
Metting
Yorktown Memorial Hospital
Victoria Hospital
Larry Anthony Yelder
Kerns
Texas
Yelder
Herschel Yelder
Esther Yelder
Tamika Yelder
Reece Porter
Cuero Community Hospital
Robert Dobbins
Kerrville Man Pleads Guilty in Cuerotte Case for 50 Years
James Woodyard, 24, of Kerrville, pleaded guilty to the murder of Claudia Mason and received a 50 year sentence. An autopsy found suffocation and sexual mistreatment. He also got a concurrent 50 year term for an incident involving an underage Kerrville woman. He waived a jury and was sent to prison.
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James Woodyard
Kerrville
Cuerotte
Claudia Mason
Marvin Blackburn, Jr
38Th District Court
Mason
LVN
Veterans Hospital
Woodard
Blackburn
Kerr County
Texas Department of Corrections
Tragic Wreck In LouisianaKills Twelve In Pickup Collision
In Shady Nook Louisiana a semitrailer struck a pickup carrying thirteen children as it slowed to turn onto a dirt road. Twelve people died including several children. two children and the driver survived. The driver Gus Wiley, 24, of DeVille was hospitalized in shock.
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Shady Nook
UPI
Robert Rigby
Louisiana
Rigby
Very Best Time Parents Spend on Children
A Times of Marshalltown piece argues the best investment for children is parental time rather than money, urging caregivers to prioritize presence and attention over gifts. It emphasizes daily interactions and steady involvement as keys to child development.
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Marshalltown
Foreign Dignitaries Flocking to Peking and Trade Talks
British Foreign Secretary Alec Douglas-Home may visit Peking by late October with hopes for expanded trade of about 70 million dollars per year in each direction. Prime Minister Edward Heath also seeks a visit as talks require reciprocal visits.
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Peking
Alec Douglas-Home
Edward Heath
To Peking successor in Tokyo hosts foreign corps event
The report notes Peking's successor in Tokyo plans a high profile reception at the Imperial Hotel inviting the entire foreign diplomatic corps and foreign correspondents. It also mentions More being considered for ambassadorial appointment to a key country.
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Washington
Japan
United States
Okinawa
Mori
Foreign Ministry
Tokyo
Imperial Hotel
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Jack Landrigan
Phil Newsom
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Philippines
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Haruki Mori
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Beause of Peking
Taiwan
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