Two Men Held in DeWitt Jail on $5000 Bonds for Burglary
Chester Josh Jones and Royal Henry Sutherland are jailed in DeWitt County on $5000 bonds each for burglary in Wilson and DeWitt Counties. They face charges connected to robberies at the Lerv James Hun Nam residence on the San Antonio Highway, the J. E. Southern residence at 312 E. Hefton, and the Joe Kuykendall residence in Cheapside. Antiques including arrowheads, silver platters, silver teapots, and a wall clock were reported stolen from the Lnz home. a pair of boots and a hair dryer from Hunnam. a television set, radio, and guns from the Southern residence. and five guns from the Kuykendall home. None of the loot has been recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt County
Wilson
DeWitt
Chester Josh Jones
Royal Henry Sutherland
Charles Lerv James’ Hunnam
San Antonio Highway
J. E. Southern
E. He Vton
Joe Kuykendall
Cheapside
L Nz
Jesse Taylor
Hunnam
Kuykendall
Taylor
Yorktown Vocational Club Members Compete at Area IV Meet
Yorktown Vocational Industrial Clubs of America Chapter 315 took part in the Area IV District Meet at Del Mar Technical Institute Corpus Christi March 12 and 13. Winners include Chapter Parliamentary Procedure fifth, Scrapbook second, Job Division top placers Hulsmeier Metting Rayes and Carter Jr. First place in Member Notebook for Hulsmeier and Carter Jr. Qualifiers advance to the State Meet in San Antonio April 30 to May 1. Advisor Ms Proud Haun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorktown Vocational Industrial Clubs of America
del Mar
Tim Rayes
Raymond V. Carter, Jr
Harlan Afflerbach
Sammy Kyrisch
Arvid Podsim
Raymond Tibrom
Dennis Hulsmeier
Dennis Met
San Antonio
Proud Haun
Thirteen Criminal Cases Set For Trial Monday
Thirteen criminal cases including two murder with malice are set for trial at 9 a.m. Monday March 22 in 24th District Court. Victor Marshall Jones and Boyce Marie Jones face murder with malice charges in Yoakum deaths. Petit jurors report 10 a.m. District Court. Jury panels for the summer term will be selected by listed commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
24Th District Court
Victor Marshall Jones
Boyce Marie Jones
Victor Jones
Willie Coleman
Yoakum
Royce Marie Jones
Presi
Dent Adams Jr
Dale Pate
Carlos Gomez
Roger Castellon
Johnny Ray Weathers
Alfred Sierra
John W. Satterfield
Eliceo Mendez
Donald W. Gaston
Alfred Joe Mathis
Fear
Lewis
Murray
Clifford Haun
Edward Richa
Edwin A Hidbrich
House Passes S.S. Hike
The House approved a 10 percent increase in Social Security payments for 26 million Americans retroactive to the law. The bill, which requires no extra payroll tax deductions this year, now goes to the Senate where passage is assured before Nixon signs it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Nixon
Congress
Plane wreckage found near Beaumont in fatal crash
Wreckage of a Cessna 180 found in a plowed field near Jefferson County Airport. Bodies of owner Coy Hubbard and pilot Floyd Patterson were recovered. The men, returning from Houston, lost radio contact in thick fog.
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Beaumont
Tex
Jefferson County
Coy Hubbard
Floyd Paterson
Houston
Tricia Nixon to Wed Edward Cox at the White House
President Nixon and Mrs. Nixon announce the engagement of Patricia Nixon to Harvard Law student Edward Cox. The wedding is planned for June 5 at the White House with Dr Edward G Latch officiating. Cox, a Princeton graduate and ROTC officer, is 24 and from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
White House
Tricia
Harvard
Edward Finch Cox
Cox
New York City
Westhampton Beach
N.Y
Edward G. Latch
House of Representatives
Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Church
Miss Nixon
Julie Eisenhower
Howard Ellis Cox Jr
Pentagon
Princeton
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and Internal Affairs
U. S. Army Reserve
Ralph Nader
Raiders
Federal Trade Commission
Politi
Mexican Plot Is Squelched
Mexican officials say they arrested 3 Mexicans and opened a manhunt for 29 more in a North Korea trained terrorism cell. The group plotted to overthrow the Mexican government and install a Marxist Leninist regime training occurred at a camp near Pyongyang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
UPS
North Korea
Julio Sanchez Vargas
Pyongyang
Texas Visitors Spend $1.47 Billion in 1970 Tourism
Texas out of state and foreign visitors totaled 21,116,000 in 1970, spending $1,469,115,000. Auto travelers averaged $11.34 per person per day, with 2.8 in a party staying 5.7 days. Houston led destinations, followed by Dallas El Paso San Antonio.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Highway Department
Highway Department
Texas Tourist Council
State Capitol
Judge Roy Bean
Langtry
Houston
Dallas
Paso
San Antonio
East Texas
Gulf Coast Region
U.S
Legislature Notes House Duel Over Mutscher Leadership
AUSTIN Monday saw House Allies of Speaker Gus Mutscher defeat a bid to challenge his leadership 118 to 30 over a resolution probing alleged state official payoffs. The vote signaled wavering support for Mutscher, the first such challenge in a decade. Deputy items include Sen. A R Schwartz blasting the Texas Water Quality Board over Dow Chemical’s LaPorte plant, and Bettye Mischen named Teacher of the Year for Plano High School. Dean W Page Keeton defends proposed penal code revisions, and Rep Edmund Jones seeks to cap stock loans for state banks at 50 percent of security value.
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Gus Mutscher
Mutscher
House
A. R. Schwartz
Galveston
Texas Water Quality Board
Dow Chemical Company
LaPorte
Dow
Brazos River
Bettye Mischen
Plano
Texas
Mischen
Plano High School
Death Claims Mrs. Lou Ella Laster
Services for Mrs. Lou Ella Laster 80 of Route 1 Cuero retired DeWitt County teacher will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Freund Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Calvin Peterson officiating. Burial at Hillside Cemetery. She died in a Cuero hospital Monday born June 10 1890 in Thomaston. Survived by daughter Mrs. Raymond A. Brandt and four sons, two brothers, four sisters, 13 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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Lou Ella Laster
Cuero
DeWitt County
Freund Funeral Home
Calvin Peterson
First United Methodist Church
Hillside Cemetery
Laster
Thomaston
James A
Cecilia LeGalley McDonald
Alien O. Laster
Laura Mae Williams
Austin
O. W. Thigpen
Navasota
FE. B. Yeary
Houston
Atty General Crawford Martin Improves After Heart Attack
Texas Attorney General Crawford Martin, who suffered a heart attack March 5, was moved from intensive care to a private room at Seton Hospital. The hospital said he is making satisfactory progress but cannot receive visitors. He observed a quiet birthday Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin PI
Texas
Crawford Martin
Camiiac Intensive Care
Seton Hospital
Martin
Pythian Sisters Honor Veterans Birthday Party for Longtime Members
On March 15 1971 the W Weldon Temple Pythian Sisters No 12 held a birthday party honoring two of its oldest members Alma Meyer turning 92 March 31 1971 and Paula Waldeck turning 87 March 7 1971. Pink carnations were given. Pattie Manion read a poem on old age.
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W. Weldon Temple Pythian Sisters No. 12
Alma Meyer
Was &7
Rattie Johnson
M. FE
Pattie Manion
Cuero Youth Denies Armed Robbery Charge Report
Cuero police said a local youth admitted there was no armed robbery after initially claiming he was held up by two armed youths at a service station Sunday. Officer Ronnie Adams noted the attendant cited a $27 short count and sought to reassure merchants there was no robbery. No new developments reported on courthouse and local burglaries as the investigation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero
Ronnie Adams
Adams
De-Witt County
Absentee Voting Opens for City Election and School Ballot
City clerk Mrs Evelyn Barfield says absentee voting begins tomorrow for the city election on April 6 and for the April 3 school election. Rudy Fuchs notes no early votes had been cast by noon Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Barfield
Rudy Fuchs
Massachusetts House Approves Ban on Viet Cong Flag Display
The Massachusetts House voted initial approval to a bill prohibiting display of the Viet Cong flag or banners of nations in hostilities with the United States. The measure targets flags in public places to curb wartime symbols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
UPI
House
Massachusetts
United States
Spending by Consumers Drives U.S. Economy in 1960s
Consumer spending surged from 325 billion to 617 billion dollars between 1960 and 1970, fueling activity. Much of the rise was financed by consumer credit, with installment loans for autos and home equipment growing fastest, reaching over 100 billion dollars by year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl M. Madden
Chamber of of the
United States
City completes resurfacing on Gonzales Street area
City crews finish resurfacing five blocks on North Gonzales Street and plan to move to West Courthouse Yerrel and adjoining streets near the federal housing project. Public Works Director Hershel Thompson oversees paving with prepared base on East Courthouse and Terrell streets and other blocks awaiting topping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Gonzales Street
W. Courthouse
Yerrel
Federal Housing Project
Willard Kleinecke
North Gonzales
Broadway
Reuss Pivd
Hershel Thompson
City Public Works
College Station
Texas Waterworks
East Courthouse Street
Esplanade
Indianola
Terrell Street
Live Oak
Main
W. Church
West Live Oak
Kleinecke
Frederick William
Prentice Encouraged By Reports From Hospital
D. L. Prentice records editor writes from V A Hospital Houston ward 295 reporting X rays blood samples and a localized throat cancer now amenable to treatment. He notes several weeks of treatment ahead and urges coworkers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. L. Prentice
Houston
Mr. Prentice
V. A
Lumbermen To Meet Here In Local Gathering
Representatives of Alamo Lumber Co from mine towns in the area will meet at 7:30 in the local office. David Chubby Newman, the manager, says a discussion of the FHA-235 program will be held. From San Antonio come B. T. Burros C. C. Colling and Charles B. Hamilton to conduct the program. Attending from Bay City Brenham Eagle Lake Floresville Goliad Kenedy Seguin Wharton and Capra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamo Lumber Co
David Chubby Newman
San Antonio
B. T. Burros
C. C. Colling
Charles B. Hamilton
Bay City
Brenham
Eegle Lake
Floresville
Goliad
Kenedy
Seguin
Wharton and
Capra
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Insana Construction Co
Cleveland
Josephine Denk
Verna Miller
Sidney Simon
Yorktown
Raymond V. Carter JR
S.S
Michael Posner
Patricia
Helen Thomas
UPD
University of Texas Law School
W. Page Keeton
Edmund Jones
Lou Laster
Pythian Sisters
Paula Waldeck
North Vietnam
Federal Reserve Board
Gonzales
Prentice
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