Texas Teens Vote Debate and Student Governance at Victoria High
Secretary of State Martin says Texas may take years to permit 18 year olds to vote in state and local elections. At Victoria High School the Coalition for Student Liberation pushes a Student Judiciary Council to handle minor discipline with peer judges, a model used on other campuses.
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Texas
Martin Dies
Congress
Victoria High School
Coalition For Student Liberation
Troop 243 Plans Austin Trip for Scout-O-Rama
Boy Scout Troop 243 will travel to Austin this weekend to take part in the Scout-O-Rama sponsored by Capitol Area Council. The 100 mile summer hike, a long-standing troop tradition, will be highlighted at the event with last year's Horsemanship Merit Badge theme. Members will meet after school.
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Boy Scout Troop 243
Austin
Capitol Area Council
Boy Scouts of America
Troop 243
Cable TV Request On Cuero Council Agenda
The Cuero City Council will hear a plea for cable television at its 5 45 p m meeting with Richard L Thiessen of Community Antenna Systems set to speak. Other items include annexation of 5 19 acres on Terry Street and bids for 6 inch water pipe replacement.
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Record
Cuero
Richard L. Thiessen
Community Antenna Systems, Inc
Coun
Cil
Terry Street
Southern Pacific Railroad
Gonzales and North Railroad
Carroll Ley
Golden Crescent Council of Governments
Cuero Jaycees
W. L. Kleinecke
4-H Clubbers Livestock Show Entries At DeWitt County
DeWitt County 411 Club lists 76 entrants for the Guero Livestock Show set for March 11-12. Entries include 14 fat steer exhibitors 13 market hog fanciers 23 lamb entrants one breeding beef one breeding sheep two dairy animals and 22 broiler pens with participants from Meyersville Buchel Arneckeville Westhoff and Pioneer.
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DeWitt County
Orval Wright
Odensteers
Shirley Adickes
Teresa Diebel
Wanda Diebel
Dianna Diebel
Fred Mueller
M’liss
Final Rites Held For Bert A. Kirk
Bert A Kirk Jr Cuero attorney civic leader banker and former Corporation Court judge died after a long illness. A concelebrated Requiem Mass was held at St Michael s Catholic Church with Frs Higgins Flynn Kunz Carmody and McKenna officiating. Burial followed at Hillside Cemetery. Survivors include his wife Ada a son and a daughter, his mother a brother and a sister. He was born July 25 1916 in McDonald West Virginia.
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Bert A. Kirk Jr
Cuero
St. Michael’s Catholic Church
Peter Higgins
John Flynn
St. John’s
San Antonio
Francis Kunz
Our Lady of Guadalupe of
Edmund Carmody
Archdiocese of
Fight of the Champions Scholarships Awarded by Frazier Ali Promoters
The Fight of the Champions promoters announced four full time scholarships to be given through the National Scholarship Service and Fund for Negro Students. The grants target students from the lowest economic backgrounds who show strong athletic and scholastic ability.
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New York
Joe Frazier
Muhammad Ali
National Scholarship Service
Reuss Pharmacy Holds Grand Opening on North Esplanade
Reuss Pharmacy opens in its new North Esplanade quarters today after moving from East Main as Joe Reuss unveils a modern shop with an elegant antique backdrop and coffee offered for a nickel. Details appear in today's Record with more to come tomorrow.
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Reuss Pharmacy
North Esplanade
Reuss Drug Store
East Main
Joe Reuss
Veteran Teacher Files for Cuero School Board Seat
W. D. Carroll a 45 year Cuero resident and 40 year Texas educator filed for Place No 7 on the Cuero Independent School District board. He taught in Daule Ennis Post and Wharton schools and holds two Prairie View degrees. Carroll noted his hope to inspire youth and recalled dedicating a destroyer escort named for a colored youth in 1943.
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W. D. Carroll
Cuero Independent
Carroll
Cuero
Texas
Daule
Ennis
Post Lavaca
Wharton
Prairie View
State Normal
Cuero School System
Dawson
Navarro County
Naunita Harmon
Leonard Harmon
Late Winter Texas Storm Rolls In
A winter storm blankets the northern third of Texas with up to three inches of snow and sleet while strong winds lash the Gulf coast. Cuero records 32 degrees, and wildlife across North Texas reports at least one death. A Coast Guard vessel capsizes offshore and three shrimp boats face danger as winds whip 30 foot seas. Port Isabel Causeway is closed for six hours after barges are driven into it, with traffic resuming at 7 a.m.
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United Press International
Texas
Cuero
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
Port Isabel
Padre Island
Edgar Bell
Causeway
Pilot Club Spaghetti Supper Fundraiser in Cuero
The Pilot Club of Cuero hosts a spaghetti supper on Saturday from 5 30 to 9 p.m at Proctor Hall. Proceeds support community service projects. Mrs A D Wood chairs the event. Tickets are 150 for adults and 75 for children under 12, available from members or at the door.
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Pilot Club of
Cuero
Proctor Hall
Pilot Club
A. D. Wood
Crop Substitution Details Outlined for 1971 Farm Program
DeWitt County farm program official Don Chesser outlines substitution provisions for 19 crops and reports on alternate crops on set-aside acreage. Signup runs March 1 to April 9 as farmers decide on participation. USDA notes 1971 soybean acreage will not count as wheat, feed grain, or cotton for program purposes.
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DeWitt County
Don Chesser
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Cuero School Board awards to A A Construction for junior high
A $1,175,300 contract was approved for a new Cuero junior high and additions to three schools to A & A Construction Company of Victoria. Major building to start within a week with completion in 460 days. Board will decide on alternates within 30 days.
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A & A Construction Company of
Victoria
Cuero School Board
E. E. Sims
Cuero High School
John C. French
Hunt
T Junior High
Lenten Classes Start Tonight at Grace Episcopal Church
The Wednesday night Lenten discussion classes at Grace Episcopal Church begin tonight at 7 30 and run for five consecutive Wednesdays, according to Rev. Paul Abbott the rector.
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Grace Episcopal Church
Paul Abbott
House Floor Fight Over Tax Bill Faces Today
The Texas House votes today on a $432 million tax package with a companion tuition hike proposal to shift to per hour costs. The package raises sales tax and adds new taxes while aiming for $542 million in revenue, despite expected needs for welfare funding next year.
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Texas
Sion
House
Welfare
DeWitt-Lavaca Gonzales Texas Exes Elect Officers
Robert Post, DeWitt County Attorney, elected vice president of the DeWitt Lavaca Gonzales Counties Texas Exes Club at the March 2 annual meeting in Hallettsville. Dr. A. A. Darilek Jr. of Shiner named president.
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Robert Post
DeWitt County
DeWitt-Lavaca- Gonzales
Texas-Exes Club
Hallettsville
A. A. Darilek Jr
Shiner
Eugene W. Nelson
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