Town Tank by Record Guest Columnist Ss
A humorous column cites old time comic strips and jokes about Happy Holligan Rick O Shays Hipshot and Little Orphan Annie. It notes a $5 offer for identifying classics and lists local personalities and dispositions with humorous anecdotes and subscriber quirks.
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America
Happy Holligan
Matt
Jeff
Katzenjammer
Maud
Little Jimmie
Hipshot
Rick O’shay
Annie
Cross New Parks Head Cross New Parks Head
Brig. Gen. James A. Cross selected as director of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department after retiring from the Air Force in April. He will take the post May 1, replacing Ron Jones amid recent leadership turnover. Cross flew 17 combat missions in Vietnam and served as Air Force One pilot for President Johnson.
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Austin
Wpb
James A. Cross
Air Force
Air Force One
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Cross
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Johnson
Apri
Ron Jones
Parks and Wildlife Commission
Robert Mauermann
Bergstrom
Parks and Wildlife Department
Vietnam
2000 Cattle Move At Local Cuero Auction
More than 2,000 head moved through Cuero Livestock Commission's weekly sale amid drought. Receipts included 2,000 cattle, 60 hogs, 15 sheep, 10 goats. Prices remained good. packer cows lower. bulls strong. stocker cows and calves sold well. Best stocker steers 44 to 56 per cwt. yearlings 37 to 44. fat calves 51 to 93. largest March sale ever for the firm.
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Cuero Livestock Commission
Finley Blackwell
Blackwell
Beautification Drive Proposed For Cuero Hospital Grounds
Mrs. Paul H. Breeden Jr urges Cuero Community Hospital grounds be landscaped with donor plants and funded by benefit events. She notes land needs leveling and ongoing maintenance, calling on civic groups and private citizens to support an attractive surrounding area.
Poet James North Visits Texas Patrolling Old Haunts
DeWitt native James B. North Jr., 77, author of Apollo Elev en and other poems, returns to Yoakum for a two week visit. He gifts copies to Cuero Public Library and Cuero School Library, notes hitch hiking from New York to Yoakum in six days, and recalls earlier Kenya missionary work 1924–28. He plans to trek Philadelphia to New York again to publicize his book and seek a sponsor for his African guide.
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James B. North Jr
DeWitt
Carlton Press
New York City
Texas
Yoakum
North
Cuero
Cuero Public Library
New York
U.S
North America
Kenya
Houston
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Youths Slay Large Water Moccasin in Cuero Home
Two Cuero youths Leonard Rigs 19 and Harold Penley 14 killed a five foot seven inch water moccasin on the Grady Penley residence porch at 411 W Clayton about 4 p.m. They struck the snake with a two by four after seeing only its head beneath a washing machine.
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Grady Penley
W. Clayton
Cuero
Leonard Rigs
Harold Penley
Loot Untraceable in Croydon Armored Truck Robbery
Police say the Friday raid in the South London suburb Croydon yielded 1.09 million pounds in untraceable cash. Investigators warn most of the money is likely impossible to identify. The heist is the largest cash haul since the 1963 Great Train Robbery.
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London
UPI
Croydon
Officials Urge Voters For School Elections Amid Drought
DeWitt County farmers face drought as local officials urge reducing grazing pressure by 30 to 50 percent and selling marginal livestock. A drought committee discussed relief options with USDA agencies and warned of delayed rainfall, wind erosion, and potential emergency loans and haying programs.
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DeWitt County
Soil Conservation Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Farmer’s Home Administration
T. L. Edmondson
Soil and Water Conservation Sevice
Usda Disaster Committee
USDA
Don Chesser
Lander Wofford Dies at 51 in Cuero Texas
Lander Wofford 51 a well known DeWitt County rancher and farmer died Saturday morning at Cuero Community Hospital where he had been admitted Friday. Funeral plans were set for Sunday with Freund Funeral Home directing. He was born January 20 1920 in Cuero to Chancey and Sarah Wofford and was a Calvary Baptist Church member. Survived by brothers Chancey S Wofford Jr John T Wofford I of Cuero and Ray D Wofford of Humble.
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Lander Wofford
Cuero
Cuero Community Hospital
Chancey Wofford
J. T. Wofford II
Freund Funeral Home
Mr. Wofford
DeWitt County
Chancey 5
Sarah Lander Wofford
Calvary Baptist Church
Golda
Richards To Retire As Gulf Bend Center Director
John Richards formerly of Cuero now in Victoria retires April 15 from his post as first director of the Gulf Bend Mental Health Mental Retardation Center. He helped establish the center serving DeWitt Victoria Jackson Calhoun Refugio and Goliad Counties and will remain available for support as needed.
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John Richards
Cuercite
Victoria
Gulf Bend
Richards
DuPont
Houston
Cuero
DeWitt
Jackson
Calhoun
Refugio
Goliad
Former Record Reporter Accepts Corpus Christi News Post
Miss Kay Aldis daughter of Mr and Mrs Wesley Aldis Cuero and former Record staff member has joined a Corpus Christi radio and television station She is a 1966 Cuero High School graduate and Victoria College Abilene Christian College alumna with a communications advertising focus.
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Kay Aldis
Wesley Aldis
Cuere
The
Record
Corpus Christi
Television Staion
Aldis
Cuero High School
Victoria College
Abilene Christian College
Fly Returns Home From Uruguay Kidnapping
Claude L. Fly, 65, Fort Collins, an agricultural expert, was held 208 days by Tupamaro Guerrillas in Uruguay and freed March 2 after a heart attack. He leaves today for the United States, having recovered enough to return home per a British hospital statement.
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Monte Ideo
Uruguay
UPI
Claude L. Fly
Fort Collins
Colo
United States
Fly
Coronary Care Unit Set to Open at Cuero Hospital
Preparations begin Monday for Cuero Community Hospital to open a coronary care unit with Sister Luai cilla acting administrator stating a trained unit worker will arrive from Austin. Details will be decided in hospital and medical staff meetings before work starts. the intensive care unit is planned to open after the coronary unit begins operations.
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Cuero Community Hospital
Luaicilla
Austin
Cuero Soldier Morris Hanke III on Honor Roll
Pvt. E2 Morris Hanke III U S Army is Cuero Record and Pilot Club Honor Roll serviceman of the week. A 1967 Cuero High School graduate he trained at Fort Ord and Fort Knox and earned the sharpshooter badge and National Defense Medal. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Morris A Hanke of 111 Newman in Cuero.
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Morris Hanke III
U.S. Army
Cuero Record and Pilot Club
Victoria College
Cuero Hospital Foundation
Hanke
Fort Ord
California
U.S. Army Armor Center
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Mre
Morris A. Hanke
111
Newman Im Cuero
Sims Calls For Large Turnout In Cuero School Election
Dr. E E Sims Cuero Public Schools superintendent urges about a thousand votes in Saturday's Cuero Independent School District trustee election. He notes the unexpired Position No 5 contest between Herbert Freis and W B Carroll amid a bond funded $1.4 million project and district duties with no pay.
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E. E. Sims
Cuero Public Schools
Cuero Independent School
Board of Education
Sims
Cuero Independent
Cuero
Herbert Freis
W. R. Cochran
W. BD. Carroll
Carroll
Auto Rate Discussion Highlights Texas Insurance Board Action
Insurance firms pressing for higher auto rates said the Texas Insurance Board approved 5.1 percent profit but allowed only 4 percent. Dallas attorney David B. Irons urged a revised rate formula for next year and argued for sound footing to ensure future reasonable rates within the year. Rates rose an average 4.8 percent on Dec 30 with a 25 percent cap per category. without the cap the rise would be 15.8 percent. Irons warned low rates could shrink the market and limit insurance access.
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Austin
JUPD
State Inssurance Board
David B. Irons
Dallas
Texas Automobile Insurance Service
Irons
Three-Man Insurance Board
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