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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1971
Page
1
A nostalgic Town Tau note salutes Arthur and Mrs Rauch for adopting two children and contributing to the community. The piece celebrates kindness, church ties, and local fellowship with humorous asides and reflections on human kindness.
A teal colored car linked to De Ann Ciloninger of Haltom City was found abandoned in Cambell Memorial Hospital parking lot. Police identified the vehicle as the missing one after a nurse reported it Sunday.
Cuero Booster Club president Ed Mahony announces tickets for the All-Sports Banquet at the American Legion Civic Center on May 15 now on sale at Keesler's Conrad Tarkington and from Joe Sheppard or Mahony. Main speaker will be Texas Tech coach Jim Carlen. Tickets cost $2.50 each.
The Cuero Housing Authority delayed the opening of 14 additional family units from Saturday May 1 to Thursday May 5 due to minor construction and landscaping details. Director Howard Bennett said all leases and paperwork would be finalized Tuesday and that the 14 new units would raise the number in operation to 60 with 46 already occupied since April and the remaining 3 of 110 total units planned for completion by May 15.
Dudley Thomas announced Jim Ginder a chemist toxicologist joins the local unit of the Texas Department of Public Safety. Ginder succeeds Elmer Weber Jr who was transferred to Corpus Christi. He will oversee breathalyzer checks and provide expert court testimony.
Federal Land Bank of Houston cuts variable rate loan billing to 7 4 percent effective for installments due on or after June 1 1971. The reduction affects over 3200 Texas farmers and ranchers with more than 110 million in variable rate loans. Local association serves Bee Goliad Karnes Live Oak Wilson and DeWitt Counties with a 540 million loan portfolio.
A Texas House redistricting committee begins final work on a reapportionment bill likely to pit nine or ten incumbents against rivals in 1972. Delwin Jones outlines plans for mid May votes after hearings on four dummy bills and hints at possible single member districts in major counties.
The Cuero Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture board of directors will hear a committee report on the postal service at tonight's 7 pm meeting. Other items include updates from industrial and banquet committees.
Secretary of State William P. Rogers flies with King Hussein over Amman and parts of the West Bank and Golan Heights. The trip follows an unescorted tour with the king and includes areas cleared of guerrillas. Rogers meets Hussein before heading to Cairo.
Cuero Little League begins at Little League Park with two venues on tonight. At 6 p.m. the minor league Colts face the Cards, followed by opening ceremonies and the major league Indians against the Yanks in the night cap. Rosters include players from Cuero VFW and local sponsors.
The University of Houston was admitted as the ninth member of the Southwest Conference after a three day expansion discussion. The move follows a 15 year effort led by Texas and Rice officials with support from Darrell Royal and Neil Thompson, overcoming earlier Baylor opposition and a stalled process.
Pi lot Club of Cuero announced four winners for May Day Law Day USA flag pins. Winners include Mrs. Lillian Robinson, Mrs. W. D Dillon, Mrs. Myrtle Baker, and Mrs. Edward Wurtz for flying American flags in front of their homes Saturday. Calls were made by Radio Station KCFIL.
In Sinton Texas deputies Pete Anzalde and Manuel Torres were shot and pistol whipped while transporting a 2 year old suspect from Linton to jail. Anzalde underwent surgery for a serious stomach wound at Memorial Hospital in Corpus Christi. Sheriff Wayne Hitt said the suspect grabbed Torres’s gun, shot Anzalde and struck Torres before other officers restrained him. Charges to be filed today depending on Anzalde’s condition.
Cuero Jaycees member Jack Hartzel presented a 200 donation to Bluebonnet Youth Ranch at a board meeting. The gift comes from proceeds of a Carson and James Circus event in Cuero in April. Executive secretary John Zeiwler oversees the foundation work for a cottage to house ten children and two house parents.
The Rev. Wallace Garrett of St. James Episcopal Church was identified by congregants after he failed to attend Sunday service. His body was found Thursday on a road near Interstate 20. Texas authorities located his automobile in Terrell. Investigators consider robbery a possible motive and fear suspects fled toward Dallas.
Pablo Gutierrez 36 of Zacatecas Mexico is jailed in DeWitt County after a Yoakum fire that killed his companion Pedro Montoya 41 also of Zacatecas The home burned around 6 am Fire Chief Elmer Hanna says Gutierrez was arrested by Patrolman G W Hamman Awaiting Border Patrol to arrange Montoya’s body burial A verdict of accidental death was recorded by JP Dan Autrey Montoya leaves a wife and six children in Mexico
The Texas House may vote on the Senate multimillion tax plan costing 900 million over 26 months. A House defeat would send the bill to a conference committee to draft a new measure, with beer taxes the central dispute. Speaker Gus Mutscher opposes the beer tax as punitive while criticizing gasoline tax gains.
Albert Schwarz won Yorktown mayor with 276 votes to George Klein 248 in the Saturday runoff. Both had 2 votes in the April 4 regular election. Schwarz will be sworn in at a special council meeting later this week.
First State Bank of Yoakum filed suit in the 24th District Court against Jimonie Costner owner of A Quast Restaurant in Yoakum over a $1,200 note. The case marks a creditor action seeking repayment.
About 1500 Cuero Knights of Columbus members and Catholic Daughters and families attended the annual Membership Family Barbecue at Center in Westhoff. Barbecued beef with trimmings served at 6 pm after a 5 pm social hour. Council Activity Chairman Bill Snapp led the event.
President Nixon returned to Washington after a West Coast trip that featured the First Marine Division homecoming from Vietnam, an outdoor news conference, and a radio address on agriculture. He defended workers’ right to travel to work and dismissed militants disrupting domestic peace.
The Texas State Board of Education ruled that Crystal City School Board and Jo W Edgar order to pay John Briggs for the remainder of his three year contract. Briggs was fired on August 6 after La Raza Unida candidates won the school board majority and he refused reassignment.
Fred Steinmark, 22, former Texas football player, remains in critical condition on day 13 of treatment at M. D. Anderson Hospital. Officials have halted regular condition updates as he fights a relapse of cancer with no change in his status reported by doctors
Federal workers resumed normal commuting after police with Army and Marines dispersed antiwar protesters who tried to jam Washington traffic. Tear gas, arrests, and vehicle blockades occurred at bridges and bottleneck points but by midmorning most workers were at offices and major resistance ended.
The Supreme Court agreed to hear cases on abortion statutes from Texas and Georgia. The Texas ruling found the law unconstitutionally vague and broad, while the Georgia appeal contests a lower court finding that the core provision was invalid.
Mrs. Porge Bule, a financial service worker with the State Department of Public Welfare, earned a five year certificate of vice from the department. The certificate was presented Thursday at a Corpus Christi welfare conference by regional director Roy Cook.
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