Cuero Personal Notes Guests and Greetings Across Town
Mr and Mrs E J Papacek Jr and children of Houston visited Mrs Jewel Papacek in Cuero over the weekend. Charles Papacek and children of Corpus Christi visited in Cuero with Mrs Jewel Papacek and Col and Mrs Jack Edgar. Mrs Edgar Hardt and daughter of Yorktown visited in Cuero Friday. Lion Werner Kautz has traveled over 7000 miles visiting more than 60 clubs as Lions Club liaison. Gene Grafe reminds Lions members that Monday night is ladies night at the American Legion Civic Center. Henry Wood found a street sweeper but it was a manual one. Delos Nabors and Paul Gathings visited Cuero from Odessa. Orville Boyls and wife, former residents, paused in Cuero en route to Corpus Christi. Birthday wishes to Joe Sanch ez and Mrs J S McCurdy.
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E. J. Papacek Jr
Houston
Cuero
Jewel Papacek
Charles Papacek
Corpus Christi
Col
Jack Edgar
Werner Kautz
Gene Grafe
Lion Club
American Legion Civic Center
Students Arrive for Easter Holidays Visits
Larry Smith an A&I student from Kingsville will arrive tonight to spend Easter with his parents Mr and Mrs Langdon Smith. Kathy Larson a Texas University sophomore from Austin will come this afternoon to visit Colonel and Mrs Charles Lucas and Mrs Georgia DuBose for the holiday.
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Larry Smith
A&i
Kingsville
Mrs
Langdon Smith
Kathy Larson
Texas University
Austin
Charles Lucas
Georgia DuBose
Cuero FFA Talent Team Centered Banquet and Contest
The Cuero FFA Talent Team will perform after dinner at Calhoun High School annual banquet on Friday March 24 1972. Members are Paul Wauson Calvin Walter Daniel Egg and Henry Rangnow. They will compete at the Area X Talent Team Contest in Kingsville on May 20 1972.
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Cuero Ffa
Calhoun High School
Paul Wauson
Calvin Walter
Daniel Egg
Henry Rangnow
Kingsville
Annexation Debate Sparks Drainage District Tensions
County Judge George Trowell notes annexed territory lies outside the drainage district boundaries but remains within the city limits. Residents in the proposed area do not pay district taxes, while the district aims to include them on this year’s tax rolls.
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George Trowell
Hobby Urges Tougher Drug Laws and Education
Hobby calls for stronger laws to keep murderers behind bars and notes Texas bans oral confessions in court. He proposes beefing up the court system in high crime areas and launching a massive anti drug education drive for youths with harsher penalties for drug sellers.
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Texas
Hobby
God Is Alive and Politics in Texas Today
Guest columnist laments rumors about Walter Koenig being disruptive in Ray Regners' place and notes heated exchanges. The piece urges Texans to push for cleaner politics and criticizes recent windups in state discourse. Jim Clegg reports in town, hoping May brings reform.
Nixon Threatens Moratorium on Court Ordered School Busing
The administration proposed a $2.5 billion plan to boost inner city schools while asking a Detroit court to defer desegregation actions pending congressional action on a Nixon moratorium. HEW suspended fund cutoff threats until desegregation and busing issues are resolved.
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Congress
Justice Department
U.S. District Court
Detroit
Nixon
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Town Talk Meeting Turns On Prison Nicknames
A joke filled Town Talk page recounts a meeting in a large prison where attendees swap terms from Fellow Lions to Fellow Convicts and finally My Fellow Crooks. The speaker laments personal woes including a New Year’s wine and women vow and a man who must buy a dog for friendship. He jokes about his wife’s delays and ends with a quip about hot water.
Market roundup Cuero San Antonio livestock prices
UPI USDA weekly livestock report shows cattle and calves firm to higher with most slaughter classes up to 1.00. feeders mostly steady. Hogs mostly lower with barrows and gilts down around 1.09. sows steady to 50 lower. Sheep feeder lambs steady to load. goats priced per head for nannies and kids.
Versatile Verbenas Brighten Beds Borders and Containers
Verbenas thrive from midsummer to frost, adaptable to beds borders window boxes and indoor use. Seeds available in Rainbow Mixture for upright growth, Multiflora Gigantea edges, Seecies mixed colors plus Ruffled Pink and Ruffled White. Dwarfs range 6 to inches tall with varieties Amethyst Blaze Crystal Delight Splendor Dazzle Sparkle. They tolerate poor soil resist drought and bloom long.
Funeral for Larry D Wolter Held in San Antonio
Larry Dean Wolter aged 19 died in San Antonio Monday. Funeral services were held Tuesday attended by his grandmother Mrs Gus Wolter of Cuero and his family. Survivors include his parents Gus and Emily Wolter one brother Kenneth Wayne and one sister Kathy Lou.
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Larry Dean Wolter
San Antonio
Gus Wolter
Cuero
Gus
Emily Wolter
Kenneth Wayne
Kathy Lou
Connelly Warns on Food Prices and Possible Controls
Treasury Secretary Connally told NBC that the government is prepared to act if the food price spiral continues possibly including controls. He noted a downward trend already starting after February prices rose 1.9 percent, the highest since March 1958, and cited overall consumer prices up 0.5 percent.
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Sury
John B. Connally
Connally
Nixon
Labor Department
Polliwogs by Polly Howertion
Community notes highlight garden displays on East Alexander Street near Bob's Drive In and El Patio Restaurant. Residents prep for Centennial and Turkey Trot events as Cuero anticipates October improvements. Birthday wishes go to Vernell Spears Rowena Eng Brock and Alfred Gomez.
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East Alexander Street
Gus Schaffner
Gerhard Mueller
Fast Alexander
Bob’s Drive In
el Patio
Charles Ludwig Jr. 20 of Houston dies in hospital
Charles Buford Ludwig Jr. 20, of Houston died Thursday in a Houston hospital. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 1 p.m. at Oak Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in Cuero with Rev. Wayne Hanson officiating. Burial will be in Memory Garden Cemetery, Cuero. He was a 1970 Madison High graduate and a student at the University of Houston. He was a member of Resurrection Lutheran Church. Survivors include his parents, a brother, a sister, and grandparents from Cuero, Ennis, and Westhoff.
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Charles Buford Ludwig, Jr
Houston
Oak Memorial Funeral Home
Cuero
Wayne Hanson
Resurrection Lutheran Church
Buria
Memory Garden
Madison High School
University of Houston
Annie L. Schlenstedt
Westhoff
Red Bowen
Charles Ludwig
Kenneth Earl Ludwig
Annette Ludwig
Leona Schlenstedt
M. A. Ludwig
Ennis
Texas Gets Time On Billboards
Washington reports Secretary Volpe gave Texas five more weeks to meet federal billboard rules or lose 24 million dollars in federal road aid. He told Gov. Preston Smith an adequate statute and agreement must be in effect by May 6, with the March 31 deadline extended. Volpe said withholding the money will be reversed only if Texas complies. The 24 million equals 10 percent of Texas' 1973 primary highway federal aid.
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Washington
UPI
John A. Volpe
Texas
Volpe
Hospital Admissions and Dismissals at Cuero Community
Cuero Community Hospital lists admissions Charlie Watts Bobbie Montgomery Cecil Mueller Lillian Smith Dorothy Cox and dismissals Fred DeDear Alma Pfenninger Nellie Jones in local hospital update.
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Charlie Watts
Bobbie Montgomery
Cecil Mueller
Lillian Smith
Dorothy Cox
Fred DeDear
Alma Pfenninger
Nellie Jones
Train Smashed School Bus At Crossing In Congers
A Penn Central freight train collided with a school bus at a crossing in Congers New York killing at least three children and injuring about 40. The bus carried South Congers students to Nyack High School and was dragged 1000 feet along the tracks. Police said several students had limbs amputated and many were treated at Nyack Hospital as anguished parents searched for their children.
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Congers
N.Y
UPS
Penn Central
Sterling
South Congers
Nyack High School
Don Cocker
Clarkstown
Nyak Hospital
Access to secret zeppelin materials finally granted
The archivist on leave blocked access to aeronautics materials about zeppelins. An urgent appeal to Rear Admiral E M Eller, director of Naval History, unlocked the items at the eleventh hour. The incident raises why such clearance was needed.
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E. M. Eller
Naval History
Wilderness Area Definition Cited in Corpus Christi
A government definition of wilderness as an area where earth and its life are untrammeled by man is cited in a Corpus Christi discussion on Saturday continuing from page 1. The standard emphasizes minimal human imprint on the land.
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Corpus Christi
Ulster Crisis Triggers Protestant Backlash Fears
Ireland faces intensified unrest as Heath measures provoke Ulster Loyalists including Frazer Agnew who calls it betrayal and civil war imminent. Eamonn McCann warns a large Protestant reaction could dwarf current violence and predicts up to 1000 deaths.
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London
Frazer Agnew
Belfast
Young Unionist Party
Heath
Ulster
IRA
Thief Attacked by Widow in London Home
A 7 year old widow, Lilian Dutton, fought a thief who forced entry into her London home on Thursday. The robber fled when Mrs. Dutton snatched his glasses and attempted to stomp on them, police reported.
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London
Lilian Datton
Price Commission Sets Hearings On Food Prices And Rents
The Price Commission announces public hearings in Washington next month on food prices April 12 and rents April 14. Chairman C Jackson Grayson Jr says the food hearing aims to clear the air with no guaranteed tougher controls, while Rent Advisory Board Chairman Thomas Curtis says the rent session will review overall policy and not address specific landlord tenant complaints.
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Washington
UPI
Price Commission
C. Jackson Grayson Jr
Rent Advisory Board
Thomas Curtis
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Edgar Hardt
Yorktown
Henry Wood
Orville Boyls
J. S. McCurdy
Photography
Bob Wood
N. Lackey
Shiner
Spoetzl Brewery
Bowen
O. N. Frederick William
Reuss’ Integrity
Reuss
Reuss’ Service
Reuss’ Pharmacy
Oak
W. Reuss Blvd
Pat Sez
Guest Columist
M. P
God
Walter Koenig
Ray Regners
Jim Clegg
May Young
Berner
Sinee
Ot Hansen Feed & Supply
Cuero Cash Grain MK
SAN Antonio Livestock
USDA
Verbenas
API
Trea
Polliwogs
Polly Howertion
Chancy Wofford
Elizabeth Cook
Bonnie Mixon
Rockport
Beatrice Boone
Hospital News
Cuero Community Hospital
Padre Island
Ireland
McCann
Texas Highway Department
THIEF
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American Red Cross
Charlion Heston
Omega Panav'sion
MAIP
Warner Bros
Kinney
Lessuide
Crugg
Yorga
Rue Morgue
Freund
Keeslers
Ramsey’s Restaurant
DeTar Hospital
Victoria
N. Navarro
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