Plans For Restoration Outlined To Chamber
Cuero Chamber of Commerce hears restoration committee chair Mrs. Steen report on downtown rebuilding sketches by artists. The first buildings to receive facades are the former Reuss Drug Store and the Smart Shop in the 100 block of Main. The project aims to finish or partial completion before the Centennial and Turkey Trot in the fall.
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Sharon Steen
Cuero Chamber of Commerce
Reuss Drug Store
Smart Shop
Main
Cuero
GOD IS ALIVE TO BROWN AND SUPPER WITH ME SATURDAY
Cuest columnist notes social gathering with Brown family at supper Saturday night. Guests include J F Marheineke and Jack Marheineke of Houston, with Arnold Arndt visiting Monday. He thanks Don Bell and others for lifts and ammunition and closes with reflections on luck and human foibles.
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James Prauses
J. F. Marheineke
Jack Marheineke
Houston
Fire Destroys Mis Amigos Bar in Cuero
A fire completely destroyed the Mis Amigos Bar in the 200 block of West Main at 4 30 a m today. Owner Elva Morales lacks insurance and Fire Marshal Hingst will continue investigations to determine the cause and extent of damage. No injuries were reported.
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West Main
Elva Morales
Walter Hingst
House Votes to Cut Federal Jury Age to Eighteen
The House approved lowering the federal jury age from 21 to 18 by voice vote. The measure, already passed by the Senate, returns for minor House changes. The bill also tightens jury qualification forms to prevent racial discrimination among jurors.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Draft Calls Set at 5000 Monthly for Spring
The Selective Service System will draft about 5,000 men per month in April, May, and June as the first draft of the year. Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird said total 1972 calls would be under 50,000, following 98,000 draftees in 1971.
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Washington
UPS
Selective Service System
Army
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Education Allowance Increase Clears House
The House approved a bill 358 to 0 sent to the Senate to raise educational allowances for single veterans in full time school from 175 to 200 dollars a month. The measure also boosts on the job training allowances by 48 percent, affecting about 1.2 million veterans and costing roughly 1.2 billion dollars over five years.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
State may require wife to use husband surname after marriage
The Supreme Court ruled a state may require a wife to take her husband’s surname at marriage. The decision affirmed a Alabama case’s ruling upholding Calhoun County officials who issued a driver license in the wife’s married name, despite her prior consent to retain her maiden name.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Women's Liberation Movement
High Court
Alabama
Wendy Forbush
Ronald P. Carver
Anniston
Ala
Calhoun County
Miss Forbush
Weiner's Department Store Opens in Victoria
Weiner's opens its ninth Texas store in Victoria at 2502 Laurent at Loma Vista in the Village Shopping Center. Leon Weiner says the 18,750 square foot outlet will offer first quality merchandise at low prices with local staff and six day a week hours until 9 pm.
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Weiner’s
Civff
Laurent
Loma Vista
Leon Weiner
Victoria
Weiner's
Jack Simpson
Victoria Weiner's
Roger Kurz
Houston
Texas
I. Weiner
Leon
Sol
Sol Weiner
Weiner
George Nocholds
Oscar Barnes
Larry Kieypas
Ernest Campbell
Fire Causes Minor Kitchen Damage at Home
A small kitchen fire at 11 10 today in the home of Leroy Barnett 205 West Newman damaged a plastic curtain near a hot water heater and burned the curtain and window sash.
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Leroy Barnett
205 W. Newman
School Trustees To Meet March 9 in Cuero ISD
The Cuero Independent School District Board of Education will meet March 9 at 7 p.m. in the administration building to review the building program progress and discuss equipment supplies and personnel. Dr. E E Sims will present the superintendent’s monthly report and Rudy Fuchs will provide the business manager’s report.
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Board of Education
Cuero Independent School District
E. E Sims
Space Shuttle to cut satellite costs and failures
Deputy director Leroy E. Day says the space shuttle will nearly eliminate launch failures of unmanned spacecraft and halve development costs by retrieving and refurbishing payloads. The $5.5 billion shuttle, approved by President Nixon, aims for 1979 operation with a four man crew.
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Space Shuttle
Cape Kennedy
UPT
Projest
Leroy E. Day
American Institute of Aeronautcs and Astronautics
Boul Gop
Bets
Nixon
Day
Agency
Shuttle
Two Men Hijack Seaplane To Cuba
Two armed men hijacked a Chalk's Airline seaplane at Watson Island Miami injuring a mechanic and a pilot. The plane fled toward Cuba with police including a helicopter and two jet fighters in pursuit. The mechanic is in critical condition. Chalk's operates sea planes to Bimini and Bahamas.
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Miami
UPI
Cuba
Chalk
Coast Guard
Watson Island
Bemini Island
Bimini
Bahamian Islands
Deadline Near For Farm Sign Up In DeWitt County ASCS
The March 10 deadline presses for the 1972 Feed Grain Wheat and Cotton programs as 50 to 100 more farmers are expected at the DeWitt County ASCS office for final enrollment. By March 6 about 650 producers had signed up for one or more set aside programs. Farmers sign up from 8 am to 5 pm with late arrivals enrolled that day. Participants set aside 25 percent of base on signed crops with added options for wheat and feed grains. upland cotton has no extra set aside. Set aside payments depend on farm yields, and program crops are eligible for support loans. Producers can request set aside inspection at signup, a cost service ensuring a quality and quantity guarantee.
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de Witt County
ASCS
Chesser
Appraisal Project Nears Completion June 15
The Southwestern Appraisal Co of Dallas says the equalization program for the city county and school district is on schedule and should be finished by June 15. Cuero Yorktown Yoakum Westhoff areas are finished with houses and commercial buildings measured. Rural DeWitt County has about 25 percent of properties measured with cooperation from residents.
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Southwestern Appraisal Co
Dallas
T. A. Reid
Cuero
Reid
Yorktown
Westhoff
DeWitt County
George Trowell
Sheriff's Office
Marvin Rowe
Walter Wolf
Pete Frazier
Burt Simmons
Fred Peteving
Social Security Official to Visit Cuero Texas
A Social Security Office representative from Victoria Texas will visit Cuero in the County Courtroom at 9 a.m. on Tuesday March 14 1972. People wishing to file retirement survivors disability or medicare claims may meet him and get assistance with questions about the program.
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Cuero
Social Security Office
Victoria
Texas
Hughes invested millions in the Spruce Goose aircraft
Former aide Noah Dietrich says Howard Hughes may hold over 50 million dollars tied up in the Spruce Goose. He notes annual costs of upkeep and storage are deducted as business expenses, while the wooden flying boat has never flown since its 1947 single test flight in Los Angeles Harbor.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Noah Dietrich
Dietrich
Hughes Corporation
Los Angeles Harbor
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Arnold Arndt
Don Bell
Ray Regner
Ray
Henry Linddeke Sr
Werner Wolf
Oscar Adickes
Gol Boy
Werner Kautz
Charlie Garbe
Mis-Amigos
Cuero Fire Department
Boston
Jack Anderson
ITT
Dita Beard
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Robert Artane
Edward Heath
Heath
William of Orange
Weiner's Department
Rudy Fuchs
Cpl Brece
Old Plane
Hugces
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