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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1970
Page
1
At a town sale run by Mrs Joyce Grimes the incomplete barbell set and bicycle wheels sold quickly. The wheels buyer negotiated a price cut due to cracked tires while a neighbor boy earned praise for turning old dump bottles into cash.
The Cuero mill of Lone Star Textiles reduced operations and laid off most workers except the Weave Shop. Otto E. Goedecke Jr., manager, cited federal hold ups of orders and end of fiscal year effects. Top Lone Star brass met at Hallettsville but no updates were given.
Cuero residents donate to the Jerry Hess Fund to cover a kidney transplant for 2 year old Jerry Hess of Stratton Route Cuero. Alfred Friar and wife Ann gave 200 dollars, the largest publicly acknowledged contribution to date, with the fund also receiving 10 and 5 dollar gifts from local residents. The boy remains at Bexar County Hospital in San Antonio on artificial kidney support while awaiting a transplant estimated around 15 thousand dollars.
Twenty two Scouts and one adult leader of Troop 241 spent a week at Camp Wooten near Austin from June 7 to 13. The group earned 24 merit badges and 17 rank advancements including Second Class and Star.
The American Legion Post No. 3 holds its regular meeting tonight at 8:00 after a 7:15 supper at the Civic Center. A report on the district convention in Seguin will be heard. Commander Oren Turbeville urges all trustees to attend for an important matter.
Two Canadian paddlers from Quebec, Luc Robillard and Claude Coursol, led the San Marcos Port Lavaca Water Safari early, passing Victoria at 3 42 p m and 25 minutes ahead of last year’s pace set by Seadrift duo Robert Sanders and Norman Morgan.
The monthly welfare lunch at the Sands Steak House runs tomorrow at noon. Police Chief Richard Hywne will discuss the newly formed Explorer post and its operations.
State Board officials will report on charges of lax supervision at the Austin State Hospital alcohol rehabilitation center raised by Rep. Don Cavness. Cavness said an impromptu tour found patients free to leave, prompting criticism of treatment and wasteful taxpayer cost estimated at about 370000 dollars annually.
Five people died and five were seriously injured when a Volkswagen carrying five rolled over into the northbound lane on U S Highway 281 forty miles south of San Antonio and was struck by a Pontiac. Fahmy Bashatly and Nagla Bashatly were killed, with Liala Seromna also dead. The two in the Pontiac, Mary Hancock and Bill Janacek, died later or were critically injured along with family members.
The Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to Texas juveniles law in a brief order. Bexar County Legal Aid Association appealed for San Antonio girl Ester Sylvia Gomez, arguing the statute is vague. State courts had upheld the law, and the action moves to Page 4 for details.
Representatives of Southern Pacific opened a two day Interstate Commerce Commission hearing on abandoning service from River Junction to Yorktown Cuero to Yoakum and Cuero to River Junction. The company argues the line operates at a loss with little chance of profitable future service while local officials oppose the plan.
An elderly Texas man, Adolph Kelm, 73, was killed when his pickup failed to negotiate a curve on a gravel state highway southwest of Magdalena New Mexico. He was pinned after the vehicle overturned while traveling with his grandson Harlen Riley 14 of Fort Worth Texas.
Across the country Flag Day events show varied views of Old Glory. Chicago Mayor Daley urged flying the flag on public buildings and homes while a Chicago incident led to the arrest of a man for desecrating the flag after a respectful but tense confrontation.
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