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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1972
Page
1
A column of reflections and anecdotes set in Cuero with casual humor and local color. The piece blends light social commentary with brief vignettes including a weary old woman at a base, a lost boy, a town drunk and a coffee machine gag.
Gov. Preston Smith receives a Texas-grown Easter turkey from local producers as he signs a proclamation naming the week before Easter as Texas turkey Week. Present at the ceremony are Beverly Johnson and E. H. Becker among others.
The Victoria Sectional Center reopens air taxi service to Houston with departures at 8 40 p m and arrivals at 9 40 p m, returning 3 30 a m to 4 39 a m. Service runs Monday to Friday excluding holidays and weekends, aiming to speed first class and air mail shipments.
Pilot Club of Cuero met at the Doll House with president Corinne Carlton urging members to submit district convention checks for Houston April 28 29 30. Guest speaker Dub McDougal KVIC Victoria discussed journalistic license and broadcasting issues.
About 565 people attended the Victoria Community Center event Tuesday for H E B the Golden Service Awards ceremony in 1972 Coastal Bend area outlets were represented Fritz and Herman Cormbe provided entertainment from Victoria Cuero Record staff in reading area noted on page 16
Cuero High School releases its Gilt Edge list for the third nine weeks with criteria of 93 average in all courses and no grade below 70. Honor Roll requires an 83 average across all courses. The lists name seniors and other students, including Denise Arndt and Shirley Adickes, among many others.
Four De Witt County 4H Food Show contestants advance to the district event in Austin on April 15. Qualifiers include Donna Drehr and Dianna Carrigajez with alternates Cynthia Carrigalez and Marilyn Cheatham. other county participants named. County winners span pasture crops home improvement public speaking safety demonstration clothing educational activity and more. Cheatham among those advancing. Food show and county contests were judged by Gonzales County Home Demonstration personnel.
Governor Smith told a Texas Legislature joint session that delaying a billboard control law risks $82.2 million in cost while risking $25 million annually in federal highway aid without it. He urged quick action on election funding for May 6 and June 4 primaries and ratification of an equal rights amendment.
Texas Capitol report notes Rayford Price and his predecessor Gus Mutscher both rose to House Speaker as young men in their 50s,are Texas Democrats with conservative leanings, and attended the University of Texas.
Seven Dewitt County school districts hold elections on Saturday April 1. Cuero Independent School District voters choose two local school board members at the Junior High from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Incumbents Harold High and Weldon Goebel seek reelection. Chester Bettge seeks reelection in Precinct 4 with Cuero Meyersville and Yorktown voters. Yoakum Precinct 2 will use write ins as no candidate is announced. Meyersville has three seats with Virgil Hartman Gerald Sager and Harlan Nagel seeking office at Meyersville School 38 a.m. to 7 p.m. Westhoff has three seats with write ins as no candidates. Westhoff School 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Yoakum Independent Lehr District lists John ONeill Jr Pete Matthew and Charles Kyinte seeking three board seats. Voting 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the fire station. (See Elections Page 16)
President Nixon peppered public statements with pointed remarks aimed at critics in Congress and business leaders over Vietnam policy and ITT ties. He defended Ambassador Watson’s sobriety amid a travel report and criticized Meany while praising some union leaders who backed national security.
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