Local Figures Noted at San Antonio Casting Event
Peery Shirley Respondek of Houston met with Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw in San Antonio during casting for The Getaway this Sunday. Shirley and Mrs. Paul Respondek of Westhoff celebrated the elder Respondek’s birthday while watching Roger Miller at the Houston Rodeo last Monday. Mr and Mrs Martin Watchendorf of Hammond Indiana are visiting Cuero for several days with his brother George Watchendorf.
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Shirley Respondek
Houston
Steve McQueen
Ali McGraw
San Antonio
Paul Respondek
Westhoff
Roger Miller
Martin Watchendorf
Hammond, Ind
George Watchendorf
Cuero
Hang Jin Plan in Remodeling
An attic remodeling plan offers basics plus ideas such as storage drawers a built in corner work center window ventilator and peg board stair screen. Free plan AE-408 available by postcard to Masonite Home Service Bureau box B Chicago IL 60690.
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Masonite Home Service Bureau
Chicago
IIL
Poliwogs by Polly Howeler To n
Cuero notes show Trene Groce of Victoria visiting Doll Peavy Heisig and Vera Fried richs of Arneckeville at the Cuero Gin buying seeds. Martha Stover of Goliad spent the weekend with Hazel Benton and they went to the coast.
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Trene Groce
Victoria
Cuero
Vera Friedrichs
Arneckeville
Cuero Gin
Martha Stover
Goliad
Hazel Benton
Traveling tip for privacy at roadside stops
Advice suggests sleeping in a station wagon at a roadside park and using glass wax or cleaning powder on windows for privacy. In the morning the product is wiped away to leave clean windows.
Parish Supper Date Change at Grace Episcopal Parish
Grace Episcopal Parish shifts its parish supper to Wednesday March 15 from March 8 per Rev. Paul R. Abbott. The event timing and venue remain the same.
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Grace Episcopal Parish
Paul R. Abbott
Appraisal firm cites need for equalization program
The article reports on a proposal by the Southwestern Appraisal firm to pursue an equalization program for property taxes. It notes wide variance in market values on tax rolls and describes how revaluations could raise some and lower others to create fairness, while clarifying the appraisers act as agents of the elected tax assessor and do not set tax rates.
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Reid
Southwestern
Victoria Stock Show draws near with 500 entries
The 26th Victoria Livestock Show opens with weigh-in at 3 p.m. and nearly 500 swine lambs and steers entered by 4-H and FFA youths. Judging begins Friday at 8 a.m. with market barrows then lambs. Saturday features cattle judging and open breeding events. Sunday offers Willie Nelson performances and contests. Monday closes with 4-H and FFA judging and a 200-entry livestock auction at 7 p.m. in the Community Center Arena.
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Texas
FFA
Victoria
Victoria Jaycees
Community Center
Community Center Auditorium
Auditorium A
1972 All-America Selections winners announced for cabbage and cucumber
Ruby Ball the gold medal early red cabbage yields uniform 5 pound heads and stores well. Red Head bronze winner offers globe heads and uniform maturity. Noeor cucumber earns bronze for high productivity and disease resistance, promising a long season for home gardens. Try both Ruby Ball and Red Head for extended harvest.
Explosions Hit Melrose Display Fireworks Plant
A nine blast sequence at the Melrose Display Fireworks Co plant in Orland Park near Chicago destroyed 16 of 18 buildings across five acres. At least three people were killed and 17 injured as dynamite and black powder in underground bunkers prompted evacuations within a two mile radius.
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Chicago
UPT
Gary
Ind
Melrose Display Fireworks Co
Orland Park
Marty Olson
Richard Seraphin
Calumet City
Robert Senecal
Palos Hills
Market summary from Fort Worth livestock and grain prices
Fort Worth market reports show cattle 400, calves 390, slaughter cows steady, feeders steady with good demand. Hog prices steady to strong with 205-250 lb at 23.00-23.50, sows 21.00-21.50. Sheep and lambs firm with spring slaughter lambs up, 102 lb at 31.00 and 90 lb at 30.00. Grain: ear corn 1.05, shelled corn 1.25.
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Fort Worth
UPI
USDAY
Choice
Insurance Board Cuts Cost for Coastal Catastrophe Coverage
Texas' three member Insurance Board approved liberalized hurricane coverage for the 14 coastal counties. The changes cut surcharges, raise pool limits, and offer standard windstorm coverage to help consumers and property owners in hurricane prone areas.
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Austin
UPI
Texas
Three Man Insurance Board Today
Larry Teaver
Teaver
Texas Catastrophe Property Insurance Pool
Birth of Jeff Allen Rawlinson in Cuero Hospital
Mr and Mrs James Allen Rawlinson welcomed a son Jeff Allen born March 4 at 12 35 a.m. in Cuero Community Hospital weighing 8 pounds 13 1 4 ounces.
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James Allen Rawlinson
Jeff Allen
Cuero Community Hospital
Troop 243 Monthly Committee Meeting Notice
Scout Troop 243 will hold its monthly committee meeting tonight at 7 p.m. in the Scout Hut on Stratton Road. All parents urged to attend as events including Scout-O-Rama in Austin on Saturday March 11 will be discussed.
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Scout Troop
Stratton Road
Austin
Potatoes Per Capita Usage in 1970 US Diet
In 1970 the U S Department of Agriculture reports Americans consumed on average 118 6 pounds of fresh and processed potatoes.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Cuero Hospital Admissions and Dismissals List
Cuero Community Hospital reports admissions for William Bohmann Dolly Winslett Rose Ebrom and Charles Bohmann. Dismissals include Beulah Karm Hilbert Grahmann Laverne Beakley and Hugo Bachle.
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William Bohmann
Dolly Winslett
Rose Ebrom
Charles Bohmann
Buelah Karm
Hilbert Grahmann
Laverne Beakley
Hugo Bachle
Howard dean warns of perceived white mainstream brainwashing
Tony Brown of Howard University argues that Black people are being conditioned by white oriented programming. He cites shifts in media and cultural cues such as whiteness in domestic life and marriage as evidence of a broader influence.
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Washington
Tony Brown
School of Communications
Howard University
Church urges Congress to recognize new nation of Bangladesh
Senator Frank Church urges a congressional resolution to recognize Bangladesh. He says the US should not be last and that its emphasis on self determination justifies early recognition.
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Washington
Frank Church
Idaho
Congress
Bangladesh
Funeral services held for Mrs Charles D Peavy Sr 92
Funeral services for Mrs. Charles D. Peavy Sr., 92, were held today at 3 p.m. in the Freund Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. C. Rogers Mc Lane officiating. Burial followed in Hillside Cemetery. Pallbearers were James K Crain J J Fischer Jr Ritchie Taylor Dr Harold High Homer Blanton and Edgar Smith. She died Sunday afternoon in El Paso at her daughter Mrs Paul Heisig Jr’s home.
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Charles D. Peavy Sr
Freund Funeral Home
C. Rogers McLane
Hillside Cemtery
James K Crain
J. J. Fischer Jr
Ritchie Taylor
Harold High
Er Blanton
Edgar Smith
Peavy
el Paso
Paul Heisig Jr
Cecil Westerman Funeral Rites Held in Gonzales
Cecil Westerman aged 50 died Saturday at Holmes Hospital in Generales. Funeral services were Monday at Seydler-Hill Funeral Home Gonzales with burial in Hillside Cemetery Cuero. Pallbearers included Billy Kay Willeford Sonny Henley Oscar Hull Roy Mercer Sonny Kluth and Floyd Westerman Jr. He is survived by his mother Mrs Tom Barber of Victoria father G D Westerman of Brownwood two daughters Mrs Larry Shackelford and Mary Elizabeth Westerman both of Tulsa sister Mrs Billy Ray Willeford Victoria brother Floyd Westerman Houston and one grandchild.
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Cecil Westerman
Seydler-Hill Funeral Home
Gonzales
Hillside Cemetery
Cuero
Billy Kay Willeford
Sonny Henley
Oscar A. Hull
Roy E. Mercer
Sonny Kluth
Floyd Westerman Jr
Tom Barber
Victoria
G. D. Westerman
Brownwood
Larry Shackelford
Mary Elizabeth Westerman
Tulsa
Okla
Billy Ray Willeford
Floyd Westerman
Houston
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