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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1970
Page
8
Mr and Mrs Elo Zacharias report their son Larry has been promoted from Airman First Class to Sergeant in the U S Air Force. He has been stationed at Kam Ranh Bay Vietnam for eight months after enlisting in 1968.
Cuero Hospital admits Mrs. Annie Elkins and Mrs. Dolores Zengerle. Dismisses Mrs. Lucia Trevino. Burns Hospital admits Mrs. E N Adams.
Mrs B E Nourse of Eagle Pass died this morning with burial planned in Eagle Pass. Surviving are two daughters Mrs George Bicher of San Antonio and Miss Virginia Nourse of Eagle Pass, a sister Mrs Emily Catlett of Louisville Ky, and sister Mrs R S McWilliams of Cuero.
DeWitt County voters cast ballots Saturday for the Democratic Primary with 20 precincts open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. In the state races J. T. Newman battles Tim Von Dohlen and Dennis Peters. Ralph Yarborough faces Lloyd Bentsen for U S Senate. Republican sites are Cuero Elementary Cafeteria Yorktown High School Library and Westhoff School Auditorium.
Seventy eight Democrats vie for the Senate seats with Grady Hazlewood’s retirement. Voters choose nominees for 16 Senate seats and all 150 House places. Incumbents face re election in 12 Senate races and six have primary opponents. Contests include Harrington vs McNicholas in Beaumont Port Arthur and Fort Worth clashes as Shannon Jr. and Willis challenge Kennard. Additional races occur in Dallas and San Antonio.
A brisk local update covers Randy sizmark undergoing surgery at Nix Hospital in San Antonio, yard care after a shower, Esther Fischer tangled with blankets, and a light office cartoon moment. It notes voters heading to polls, a reminder to watch totals, and a Bonus Day Drawing at The Record office. Birthday wishes go to Ethel Koenig Floyd Bohne Corey Duckett and Jim Stone Jr. Home Hunt shares glove cleaning tip with nylon net dishcloth.
Nixon and U S armored cavalry with South Vietnamese paratroops link with 40 Cambodian guides to Viet Cong bases. Eight American and four government battalions push into Fish Hook region north of Saigon. Operation Shoemaker triggers massive B 52 strikes and fighter bombers with long range artillery on Cambodian positions.
Reported artillery and air strikes began at daybreak after reconnaissance from spotter pilots. The Fish Hook operation left about 600 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese killed, with Allied casualties described as light. Civilian villages were declared no-fire zones during the push.
The article notes a battle continues across towns Humble Liberty Huntsville Conroe Tomball and Hempstead as about 1.7 million Texans of over 4 million eligible are expected to vote in Saturday's Democratic and Republican primaries to nominate November general election candidates. Bentsen advocated reforms.
In a heated bid at the Texas Senate race, Lyndon Bentsen and Ralph Yarborough trade critiques over welfare reforms and control of financial interests. Yarborough accuses Bentsen of wielding purse strings via Liberty Lincoln Life and related lenders. Morris argues for a foreign military shift, while the landscape features Bush and Morris in statewide contests and Sadler facing Armstrong and Williams for land commissioner.
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