Circle K reports record 1971 72 sales and profits
Circle K Corporation says 678 stores in eight Western states posted 128,984,052 in sales for 1971 72 up from 93,607,624 a year earlier a 38 percent gain Net profits rose 36 percent to 3,928,226 and earnings per share rose to 0 84 from 0 68 Circle K opened a record 142 new stores in 1971 72 across nine states including Texas California Arizona Colorado Idaho Montana New Mexico Oregon and others.
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Circle K Corporation
Corpus Christi
Ed Dick
South Texas
Circle K Food
Dik
Circle K
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
New Mexico
Oregon
Texas
The
American Stock Exchange
Delegates Discuss Barbecue to Aid Building Fund
Post members plan a businessmen's barbecue Friday June 30 at 6 p.m. at the new post home. Beer and soft drinks will be sold while tickets, available through a post member, support the building fund.
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Post
Eight Persons Charged With Offenses In District Court
A list includes G C Pittser with destruction of private property, Ira Gardner 36 of Cuero theft and habitual criminal, Ruben Gutierrez 19 of Houston murder with malice. A 75 member jury panel was summoned to appear in District Court at 10 a.m. Monday per District Clerk Pershing Hiller.
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G. C. Pittser
Irving
Ira Gardner
Cuero
Ruben Gutierrez
Houston
Pershing Hiller
City Hall Pigeon Poison Plan Faces Vendor Backlash
In Open hagen a city hall drive to poison urban pigeons in houses and spires meets stiff opposition from sidewalk vendors who profit by selling popcorn to visitors who feed the birds. The vendors argue the plan harms tourism and local business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Openhagen
Denmark
UPI
Livestock Market Holds Steady with Strong Calves and Packers Demand
Finley Blackwell of Cucro Livestock Commission reports steady to strong trade across cattle types as 1 500 cattle 60 hogs and 10 sheep sell. Packer cows remain in demand with prices near 2 dollars per cwt note. High quality light weight steer calves reach up to 85 dollars per cwt while heifers bring 65 to 75 dollars. Stocker cows and cows with calves stay strong with good cattle reaching 400 dollars. Bulls range 28 to 35 dollars with a standout 1 785 pound packer bull at 34 dollars total 606 90. Top hogs 25 50 to 27 50. Best sows 17 to 2450 and boars around 15. Lambs around 26 dollars with helpers noting market variability.
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Finley Blackwell
Cucro Livestock Commission
VFW Names Officers and Committee Members
VFW list of officers and committee members includes Knode color bearers Al Bom ba membership chairman R J Koenig post chaplain and games chair Wilfred Peters Buddy Poppy chairman on building and games committees and three year trustee Wilfred Leist hall rental officer on house and games committee Also named are William Stall Pershing Hiller August Palasek Edward Kurtz Lloyd Brewer Paul John Sal vadore Gonzales James Clegg James Hart man Edwin Staehr Mateo Perez Herman White and Herbert Frels on building and house or games panels.
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James Hartman
Edwin Staehr
Mateo Perez
Herman White
Herbert Frels
Landmark U S education bill expands aid and programs
The measure extends present aid for three years and allows direct federal assistance to private and public schools. It creates a National Institute of Education, an $850 million three year vocational training program, grants up to 1400 dollars for eligible students, easier loans, and aims to support low and middle income families. Education Commissioner Sidney Marland calls the signing a landmark day despite focus on pupil transportation.
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National Institute of Education
US Education
Sidney Marland
Fire Unit Considers Trot Float in Cuero Centennial
Ladies of the Cuero Fire Department discussed a possible float for the Cuero Centennial Turkey Trot. Nineteen members attended the meeting led by Mrs. Marvin Bade. Attendance prize went to Mrs. Gussie Buchhorn. hostesses included Mrs. John Leick and others.
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Cuero Fire Department
Marvin Bade
Gussie Buchhorn
Walter Hingst
John Leick
Alvin Noack
Emma Levbert
Bob Wilson
Hingst
Turkey sculpture at bank honors centennial in Victoria
Harold J. Nichols of Victoria crafted a 23 inch high 55 pound bronze sculpture of a wild turkey for a bank at Mr. O’Connor’s request. He built a wire frame from a photo and used welding and shaping to form the bird, which spans 2.5 inches beak to tail and 9 inches wide with a six inch beard. Nichols is famed for one man shows across South Texas.
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Turkey
O’connor
Harold J. Nichols
Victoria
Nichols
Victoria College
Texas
Tikey
Man hijacks jet, nets 502 500 dollars and parachutes
A bushy haired hijacker commandeered an American Airlines 727 after a collision at Lambert Field and parachuted seven miles west of Kokomo Indiana with 502 500 dollars in ransom. He left without harming the six hostages including crew and a passenger. Authorities sought him in rugged farmland near Kokomo.
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Kokgmo
Ind
UPI
American Airlines
Here
Federal Aviation Administration
Washington
Howard County
FAA
Lambert Field
St. Louis
Vernal Baugh
Kokomo
City Police
FBI
Highway Patrol
Toronto
Letters to Editor on World Bank as foreign aid critique
A Glendale reader questions Congress funding for the World Bank, calling it a phony back door aid scheme. The letter argues loans are rarely repaid, profits rely on further borrowing, and suggests liquidation or self funding. Signed by Cc. C. Moseley, president.
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World ‘‘Bank
United Nations
Congress
World ‘Bank
World Bank
Bank
U.S
Meat price control talks emerge as May costs rise
The market basket index rose 0.4 percent in May after declines earlier in spring with pork, vegetables, and fruit pushing costs higher. Beef prices fell then began to climb toward month end while a proposed meat price freeze failed to gain approval from the Cost of Living Council amid hints of possible import quota changes by President Nixon.
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Department
Price Commission
C. Jackson Grayson
Cost of Living Council
Nixon
William J. Kuhfuss
American Farm Bureau Federation
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Council of Economic Advisers
Ziowler
Thought for the day on Anatole France quote
A French critic Anatole France is cited saying we have medicines to make women speak but none to make them keep silent. The remark reflects gendered commentary on speech and control.
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Anatole France
Six Victims in Long Beach Area Homicides Raise Alarm
Long Beach and Compton see six brutal killings in quick succession, with five in Long Beach and one in Compton. Police report no known connection among the cases. three suspects are in custody as investigators hunt two fugitives.
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Long Beach
Calif
UPI
Downey
Long Beach -Compton
Beach
Compton
Keith Bolla
Michael Paul Koch
Ellis Breland
John Chadow Jr
Sandra Cole
Bill Pieresa
Tim Carlswell
Westminster
Carlswell
Pieresa
Alex Edward Lewandoski
James Lynch
Storm toll rises as floods lash mid-Atlantic and South
Storm Agnes devastates Cuba to Florida with 16 dead earlier this week. The President declares disaster in Florida Maryland Pennsylvania New York Virginia and DC. Potomac water supply threatened while Ohio River flood crest looms near Pittsburgh. Wilkes-Barre Kingston evacuated. 200000 homeless. National Guard sent to New York southern tier.
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Carolina
Delaware
Agnes
Cuba
Florida
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New York
Virginia
District of Columbia
Potomac
New Jersey
Wilkes-Barre
Kingston
Pittsburgh
New York State
Nelson A. Rockefeller
National Guard
James River
Richmond
Linwood Holton
Beulah McDougal to Depart for Washington D C on Business
Cuero area notes list Beulah and Fain McDougal leaving Cuero for Washington D C on business. Cadet Joe B Reuss chosen for six weeks ROTC camp at Fort Sill Oklahoma. Travelers Protective Association director P Fielding Breeden of Cuero reelected at Phoenix convention.
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Beulah
Fain McDougal
Washington, D.C
Joe B. Reuss
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Fort Sill
Okla
Jenebel Dubose
Austin
Mr. McCollum
Dallas
W. S. Debose
Westhoff
Corpus Christi
Padre Island
P. Fielding Breeden
Post M. Cuero
Travelers Protective Association
Phoenix
Cotton Unit Names Director for South Texas Association
Searle named Executive Director of the South Texas Cotton and Grain Association, based in Victoria. Lawrence Petersen, association president, announced the appointment. Searle previously served nine years on the Houston Chamber of Commerce staff and five years as general manager of Houston Magazine. He is a Texas native, UH alumnus with a 1959 BFA in communications, and did postgraduate work at UH Law and three years in Institutes for Organization Management.
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Victoria
Harrix
Searle
Elivie
South Texaas Cotton and Grain Association
Lawrence J. Petersen
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Houston
Chamber of Commerce
Texas
University of Houston
University of Houston School of Law
Turnaround San Francisco Taps Chinese Chefs for U S Style Cooking
The Chinese community in California is tapped for chefs in a 22 week program under the California Department of Human Resources Development. The American Oak Training program aims to train students in breakfast pastry short order and advanced cooking with claims they can match U S pilaf and fried rice flavors. The spokesman says the approach marks a unprecedented effort in the century.
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Turnaround
San Francisco
UPI
The
Orient
California Department of Human Resources Development
Apne
American Oak
Double Ring Weddings Learn of Arndt Gottschalt Nuptials
Sunday at St. Johns Lutheran Lindenau hosted the double ring wedding of Nancy Jean Arndt and Carlos Gottschalt with both families listed. Also noted is Corey Duckett traveling to Vicksburg for about two weeks with his aunt and uncle, Robby and wife. and Faula Ann Hobbs and Donald Maddy Stiles Jr exchanging vows at the First Baptist Church in Hallettsville.
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St. John’s Lutheran Church
Lindenau
Nancy Jean Arndt
Leslie Arndt
Carlos Gottschalt
Max Gottschalt
Corey Duckett
Robby Coppedge
Vicksburg
Corey
Schaefer and Dreier Lead Local Committee Meeting
Schaeferserve as chairman with Louis Dreier as Co-chairman. Out of county residents present were Mrs. W. A. Schaefer and Mrs. Mary Agnes Eaton of Frederick Maryland Mrs. Helen White Michael White Miss Helen Egg Mrs. Alvin Schorle mer Jr Robert Richard and Malcolm John Lornette and Wesley Dukes of San Antonio Mr and Mrs Ray Barnes Buchanan Dam Mrs Evelyn Bel che Austin William C Egg Jr Mr and Mrs Earl Reeves Mr and Mrs Ronney Reeves and Robert Mr and Mrs Richard Guerrero Mrs Steve Homer Mrs Beulah Fay Domingue Mr and Mrs Shelby Wagner and Naomi Elizabeth Ann Schulenburg Mr and Mrs C V Hartman Leroy Krueger Royce Krueger Misses Terry Terry and Carol Dancey Mr and Mrs G W Millsap Douglas Hartman Mr and Mrs Clarence Hartman Mrs Sandra Fromme and Jem me Mr and Mrs Merlyn Hartman and Cheri Dawn Mr and Mrs Rubin Hartman Victoria and Bruce Altstatt Seguin Mary S Koenig secretary treasurer and statistician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandra Fromme
Jemme
Merlyn Hartman
Cheri Dawn
Rubin Hartman
Victoria
Bruce Altstatt
Seguin
Mary S. Koenig
Termite Lifespan Noted Amid Local News Scan
In brief town items Mrs Behrens of Glydon Minnesota visits with her parents Mr and Mrs Arnold Gohlke. Arnold Gohlke recovers from surgery at Cuero Community Hospital after a Monday procedure. The column also mentions Polliwogs continuing on page one and a note on termite lifespans of up to thirty years.
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Cuero
Bill Cunningham
San Antonio
Billy
Kay Ellen
Elmer Weber
Jo Weber
Blanco
Mrs. H. Ik. Behrens of
Glyndon, Minn
Arnold Gohlke
Cuero Community Hospital
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Hospital News
James Goode, Jr
George Warcittendorf
Anastacia Lopez
Erm
Kochler
Emile Duderstadt
Irene Hahn
Neal Kruger
Joe Gurzs
Robert Anzualdo
Frank Backer
VFW
Gus
Cerco
Arena Gox
SEARS
Downtown Piers
Southside
Central Park
JOSKE
Downtown
Merth Star
Los Pelmes
Bankameri
Ringling Bros. Circus
P.O
Addien
Oldirld
Brees
Srete
Grand Central Industrial Centre
Air Way
Glendale
Cc. C. Moseley
Commission
Freund Funeral Home
Pege Ouse
Western Meat Packers Training, Inc
Woodcodh
San Arar
Tous
Cotton Unit
Schaefer
Louis
Polliwogs
Steve
South
E. Broadway
Cuero Publishing Co
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