Dock Strike Averted With Three Year Contract
Houston UPI reports longshoremen locals voted to accept a three year contract avoiding a Gulf strike that would have idle 8,000 deep sea workers from Brownsville to Lake Charles. Wage hikes total 1.50 an hour with 0.77 cents monthly increments, plus a cargo based minimum crew rule. Negotiations lasted 13 and 11 hours with mediator Gayle Winter.
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Houston
Checkers Union
International Loneshoremen's Association
King
West Gulf Maritime Association
Gulf
Childbirth in Russia Group Activity Ignites Interest
Miss Stevens, injured by a fall from a horse, is hospitalized and sufficiently covered to have friends visit. Democrats lash Nixon's seat at summit follows a mock tone from a small country newspaper.
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Russia
Stevens
Nixon
Pat
Summit
State Guard launches wide recruiting drive in Texas
2L Bob Kubala announces a large scale recruiting campaign for the Texas State Guard. The force, organized in 1941 as a Texas military element, aims to expand to 27 battalions and 131 security units with about 3,000 members currently. Drill monthly with pay only on active state missions. Cuero area contact numbers 275-2422 or 275-2740.
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Texas State Guard
Bob Kubala
State Guard
Cuero
Texas
Texas National Guard
Kubala
National Guard
Rampage at Walpole Prison Ended by Tear Gas
Hundreds of inmates roamed Walpole State Prison for hours wrecking property and setting fires before tear gas forced them back to cells. One guard and one inmate injured. Corrections officials said the facility was secured by 4 am and planned a shakedown search later.
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Walpole
Mass
UPI
Walpole State Prison
John ©. Boone
Robert Donnelly
Apollo 16 crew names ship Casper and craft Orion for moon flight
Space Center Houston reports Apollo 16 astronauts John Young Charles Duke and Thomas Mattingly announcing a Cape Kennedy launch on April 16 for a 12 day mission. Young and Duke to spend 73 hours on the Descartes region surface with a science station and electric buggy while Mattingly orbits in Casper awaiting their return.
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Orion
Mattingly
Casper
Young
Cape Kennedy
Duke
Descartes
Lunar Highlands
Property Ownership Not Needed For Office
U S District Judge William Wayne Justice ruled laws requiring property ownership to run for public office unconstitutional. The decision affected Longview by placing Richard A. Lee on the city commission ballot and moving the election from April 4 to April 11. Absentee voting had begun but was halted by a temporary restraining order.
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Justice
Lee
Absentee Voting Underway for City and School Elections
Absentee voting runs Mar 15 to 31 for the city election set for Apr 4 with two council seats. Incumbents H E Weatherly and Ken Adams seek or hold seats. Adams was appointed after Robert Post’s resignation. School election runs Mar 28 to Apr 1 with two seats. both incumbents Harold High and Weldon Goebel seek re election.
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Evelyn Barfield
H. E. Weatherly
Ken Adams
Robert Post
Harold High
Weldon Goebel
Head Start Grants $21 000 for Cuero ISD Summer Program
Governor Preston Smith announced an Office of Child Development grant totaling 22 960 dollars for Cuero Independent School District to run Head Start in Cuero from April 1 1972 through March 31 1973 with six classes serving 120 children ages 5 to 7.
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Preston Smith
Office of Child Development
Cuero Independent School District
Cuero
Turkey Talk Honored at ILPC Conference
Cuero High School's newspaper Tur key Falk received an award of honor at the 45th Interscholastic League Press Conference held at the University of Texas. Dr Max R Haddick UT Austin ILPC director presented the honor during a Saturday banquet. About 3 690 students and teachers attended the conference.
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Austin
Texas
Cuero High School
Turkey Falk
University of Texas
Max R. Haddick
UT Austin
ILPC
Villa Capri Motor Hotel
Mrs. Frers Named District No 8 Chairman of Pilot Service
Mrs Sally Lester Frers of the Pilot Club of Cuero has been named District No 8 Chairman of the Community Service Committee for 1979 73 by District First Lt Governor Mrs Monte Doolittle of Houston. The announcement appears in the March Pilot Log detailing the year’s programs under the theme Leaders in Service The World is Yours. District 8 includes Pilot clubs in Texas except El Paso, and Frers will guide program development across the district.
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Sally
Lester) Frers
Pilot Club of
Cuero
Pilot International
Monte
John) Doolittle
Houston
Texas
Lot
Pilot Log
Frers
el Paso
Hospital Auxiliary Board Report At Cuero
The Cuero Community Hospital Auxiliary held a monthly meeting in the hospital board room with new president Mrs Joe Sanders presiding. Ten members attended and reports noted two hair dryers sold and two purchased for beauticians and helpers, shampoo to be kept in the auxiliary office, and a decision to discontinue the newsletter.
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Cuero Community Hospital Auxiliary
Community Hospital
Joe Sanders
Joe Bongiovi
Giovi
Joe Reuss
Open End Project Planned In Cuero Meeting
The De-Go-La Resource Conservation and Development Project Plan began at a federal state agency meeting in Cuero with over 60 attendees. Chairman Heinie Bade opened, county judge George W. Trowell offered remarks, and Carl Wood reviewed the planning process as the project moves to local development with Agriculture Department support.
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Cuero
Heinie Bade
De-Go-la
George W. Trowell
de- Witt
Carl Wood
Soil Conservation Service
Department of Agriculture
Western Auto Store Changes Hands in Cuero
Mr and Mrs Sterling Morrow become new owners of Cue ro s Western Auto Associate Store at 151 E Main Cuero Morrow a Cuero native married to Norma Jean Koenig of Gonzales They have three children two in Cuero schools The Morrows purchase from Carroll Ley Morrow previously worked at Chemical Express in Houston Mrs Morrow will assist in the business
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Sterling Morrow
Cuero
Western Auto
E. Main
Morrow
Stratton
Norma Jean Koenig
Gonzales
Morrows
Houston
Carroll Ley
Chemical Express
Democrats Should Seek Return Of Bosses
A UPI analysis argues for reviving party bosses to nominate a consensus presidential candidate and unite Democrats for state and local wins. It cites Chicago Mayor Daley and the late Thomas E. Dewey as historic power brokers and notes reforms since 1963 spurred wider delegate participation and reliance on organizational get-out-the-vote efforts. Muskie leads among endorsers, yet such backing may not translate into votes.
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Richard J. Daley
Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
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Washington
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Deepsea
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Rodger Friedrichs
N. Gonzales
The
Cuero Young Homemakers
Selective Service
Local Board No. 84
BF. Church St
Farmers State Bank
Federal Building
Church and
Joe Martinez
Marine Recruiting Office
Victoria
Chuck Davis
Navy Recruiting Office
Victorian
Bette Henneke
Turkey
Mrs. I'vers
Key Pilot Post
Hospital Auxiliary Board
Western Auto Store
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A Reform Commission
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