Surprised Return to Treatment at Houston VA Hospital
A writer at the Town Tar Virginia article details an extended stay at the Houston VA Hospital for radiation therapy expected to last eight weeks with daily sessions at Baylor or MD Anderson. He notes heavy testing, a tongue implant gadget, and expresses gratitude for prayers from Cuero and Meyersville 4H Club, City Hall, and the Cuero Record community. He mentions Lawrence Stirl of Nordheim awaiting throat cancer surgery and a university student son Ernest.
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VA Hospital
Houston
Baylor Hospital
M. D. Anderson
Lawrence Stirl
Nordheim ‘S
Ernest
University of Houston
Cuero
Meyersville 4H Club
City Hall Gang
Cuero Record Crew
Small Rain Possibility for Thursday Across Texas
A warm Gulf air mass pushed a cool front back into South Texas and is spreading clouds with a chance of rain in South and Southeast Texas along with warmer statewide temperatures. Early readings ranged from near freezing in the Panhandle to the 70s in Brownsville with drizzle observed in Houston and Galveston.
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Gulf
Texas
Panhandle
Houston
Galveston
West
Rockies
Great Lakes
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
International Falls
Minn
Brownsville
Tex
Rural Housing Loans Available Cooper Says
County Supervisor Darrell Cooper announced that Cuero and Yokum residents may apply for Rural Housing Loans from the Farmers Home Administration. The agency can now lend in towns exceeding 5,500 population as part of a nationwide housing program budget exceeding 1.4 billion this year and over 1.6 billion next year. Loans average about 12 000 and fund building improving repairing or purchasing modest homes and sites for low or moderate income families. Eligibility requires decent housing need citizenship income and resources.
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Cuero
Yoakum
Farmers Home Administration
Darrell Cooper
Widow sets fire to home in arson plea
Irene G Reed, 33, a widow, pleaded guilty to arson in Sacramento after saying she burned her 11 room house to avoid leaving anything behind for a trip to Portugal. She claimed she started a small fire because she did not want anything left behind.
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Sacramento
Calif
Irene G Reed
Portugal
Vernon V. Ferguson
Carson & Barnes Five Ring Circus Comes to Cuero
The Carson & Barnes Circus performs at Cuero Rodeo Grounds on Monday April 5 with shows at 4 30 p m and 8 00 p m Proceeds support Bluebonnet Boys Ranch Jaycees sponsor the event and sell advance tickets.
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Carson & Barnes
Wild Animal Circus
Cuero
Cuero Rodeo Grounds
Cuero Jaycees
Bluebonnet Boys
Carson & Barnes Circus
Jaycee
Jaycees Circus
Bluebonnet Boys Ranch
Housewarming Planned For Jerry Gartman
The First United Methodist Church announces a housewarming and old fashioned pounding for Mr and Mrs Jerry Gartman in the church parlors Sunday at 7 o clock. Rev Calvin Peterson made the announcement. A brief prayer service will precede, led by Rev A C Peterson of Brenham. Coffee will be served after. The Gartmans lost most belongings in a house fire near Cuero on March 17.
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First United Methodist Church
Jerry Gartman
Calvin Peterson
A. C. Peterson
Brenham
Gartmans
Cuero
Shiner Plans Big July 4 Celebration Fundraiser
Shiner residents prepare a large July 4 celebration on Sunday July 4 1971 featuring a parade from 10 50 a m through midnight. The event funds a local hospital with booths music Bavarian band food and a garden of refreshments. Groups join to provide entertainment for all ages while a sausage dinner and picnic stew are planned.
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Shiner
Filipino tourist arrival rises in first half of 1970
Philippine tourism officials report 66 019 visitors in the first six months of 1970, up 13.37 percent from the same period in 1969, according to the Board of Tourist and Travel Industry.
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Manila
UPI
Philippines
Board of Tourist and Travel Industry
Eastern Star Buffet Honors Past Matrons and Patrons
The Eastern Star held a buffet at the Masonic Hall Tuesday to honor all past Worthy Matrons and Past Worthy Patrons. Thirty five attended including Mrs Lias Steen and Charles Kilpatrick, with guests from Galveston Kountze Austin and Blanco. A regular meeting followed a social hour led by Mrs Henry Wood.
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Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Lias Steen
Charles Kilpatrick
Galveston
Kountze
Austin
Blanco
Henry Wood
Luxurious Detroit Lobby Camera Sparks Engagement Break
One East Side Detroit apartment building installed a lobby television camera linked to tenants TVs. A young woman resident saw her fiancé entering with another woman, carrying two champagne glasses and a bottle, and immediately ended their engagement.
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Caught BY TV
Detroit
UPT
East Side
Intensive Lobby Precedes Vote On Supersonic Plane
The Senate faces a pivotal 4 p.m. EST vote on continuing government financing for the Supersonic Transport Plane SST. Senators split as President Nixon and labor groups push the project while environmentalists oppose it.
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Washington 4Pd
Senate
Increased Social Security Checks June 3rd
The 16 percent monthly benefit rise authorized by Congress will reach 26 million beneficiaries on June 3 with the regular June 3 checks for May. Separate June checks will cover increases for January through April, while 2.5 million beneficiary retroactive adjustments are prepared automatically to avoid delays.
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Congress
Robert M. Ball
Social Security
Apri Ball
Ball
Treasury Department
Post Office Department
Paul Hahn Honored for Ford 300-500 Club Sales
Paul Hahn of Weber Motor Co. Cuero received the Ford 300-500 Club membership at a Houston banquet on March 20 1971 for outstanding 1970 sales. D M Schultz Houston district sales manager cited a selective group of Ford dealers achieving high retail sales. The club founded in 1950 honors top Ford salesmen nationwide with members averaging about 500000 in automotive merchandise sales in 1970.
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Houston
Tex Paul Hahn
Weber Motor Co
Cuero
D. M. Schultz
Ford
Bechultz
Jones Takes Stand In Murder Trial
Victor M. Jones testified in the 24th District Court that he shot Willie Coleman at Huey Jones Cafe in Yoakum on June 4 1970 following a domino dispute. He described the confrontation and said he feared Coleman who had a known temper and once claimed involvement in a Corpus Christi murder in 1952.
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Victor M. Jones
24Th District Court
Willie Coleman
Coleman
Huey Jones
Yoakum
Jones
Corpus Christi
David Watson
W. S. Brown
Yoakum Police Department
Jones’ Domino
Sproul Promoted to Major Rank in Vietnam Service
Capt. Lawrence Sproul, husband of Patricia Parks of Cuero, promoted to major. He also received the Air Medal for meritorious service in Vietnam. The Sprouls, with four children, now reside in Dover Delaware.
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Lawrence Sproul
Patricia Parks
Cuero
Sterling Parks
Sproul
Vietnam
Sprouls
Dover
Delaware
Parks Home To Cost Over 18000
The Sterling Parks family said the home at 605 W. Johnson Street will cost more than 18000. A building permit had shown 18000, but Mrs. Parks did not disclose how much extra the total will be.
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Sterling Parks
Record
W. Johnson Street
City Hall
Modular Components Opens At Cuero Airport Yard
A new division of Gulf Coast Woods Products Inc called Modular Components begins operations at the old Brayton Air field two miles north of Cuero. It will manufacture ready built interior housing units including kitchen and bath modules delivered finished and wired for quick plug in on site.
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Gulf Coast Woods Products Inc
Brayton Airfield
C. P. Einster
Modular
Army Training School
Cuero
Fraster
Einster
Gulf Coast Wood Products Head
Modular Components
Port Arthur
Gulf Coast Wood Products
Doer
Zapata Fpn
Gulf Coast Wood
Meyersville Tax Bill Approved by Senate
Senator Patman advanced House Bill 493 permitting Meyersville Common School District and Westhoff Rural High School District taxes to rise by $2 per $100 value, adding to the existing $1.50 for a maximum of $3.50 per $100. The bill was sent to the Counties Districts and Urban Affairs committee for a floor report.
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De-Witt
Goliad
Victoria County
Mary Fanett Wheeler Earns PhD in Mathematics at Rice
Mrs. Mary Fanett Wheeler of Houston completed her PhD in mathematics at Rice University on Friday, March 19, becoming the second woman to earn the degree from Rice. She plans to visit her mother in Cuera before traveling to Chicago to present her dissertation to the American Mathematical Society. Her husband, John A. Wheeler, is a Humble Co. chemical research engineer in Houston, and they have a three year old daughter.
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Mary Fanett Wheeler
Houston
Mary Fanett
John C. French School
Wheeler
Rice University
American Mathematical Society
Jim Douglas, Sr
Chicago University
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John Fairfax
Sylvia Cook
United Press International
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Neb
Cooper
Jerry Gartmans
Philippine Tourism
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House
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Bert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Organized Labor
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George Meany
Jackson
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Seattle
S.S
Paul Hahn
State Penitentiary
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Goat" Ellis
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