Details Revealed On Shiner Shooting
A DPS spokesman justified the fatal shooting of Hazle Mathis and the accidental death of 6-year-old Van Lee Mathis Jr in Shiner Texas after a drunkenness arrest. Hazle and Millar Mathis were involved in a confrontation with officers on State Highway 95. The boy was hit by gunfire as he stood on a porch near the scene.
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Shiner
Tex
Wpp
Texas Department of Publice Safety
Justice of the Peace
J. Hinckhouse
DPS
Cuero
van Lee Mathis Jr
Hazle Mathis
San Antonio
van Lee Mathis Sr
Shiner Memorial Hospital
Department of Public Safety
Jim Robinson
Austin
Johnny Aycock
L. JD. Gamble Jr
Millar Mathis
Robinson
Gable
Aycock
Hazle
Gamble
Georgie Flowers
Haszie
Mrs. Flowers
Mathis
Big Mama
Mrs. Flower
Names of adoptive parents and ex Cucroites seeking wood
The note lists individuals including Don Bell and George Wachtendorf among others, mentioning adoption, ex Cucroites living offsite, a tractor joke with John Deere, and various local names. It references DeWitt County Wives not marrying, plus remarks on faith, credit, and passing time with a Mary had a little watch parody.
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Don Bell
John Deere
Bentsen Opposes Federal Government Health Plan
Senator Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. of Texas voices opposition to a national health insurance plan run entirely by the federal government. He argues such a system would undermine the doctor patient relationship and reduce incentives for quality and flexibility in current practice.
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Houston WP
Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr
D-Tex
Rentsen
Sorrell Joins Cuero Record as Acting Managing Editor
Grant Sorrell, editor of the Victoria Mirror for 13 years, joins The Cuero Record staff to fill in as managing editor during D. L. Prentice’s absence due to throat cancer treatment in Houston. Sorrell, 49, a Raleigh native, has lived in Victoria 13 years after leading the Houston bureau of Fairchild Publications and will relocate to Cuero soon.
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Grant Sorrell
Victoria Mirror
Cuero Record
Sorrell
D. L. Prentice
V.A
Houston
Raleigh
North Carolina
Victoria
Fairchild Publications
Cuero
Governor Legislators To Clash Over Civil Damage Court Change
In Austin Texas Gov Preston Smith vetoed a bill to allow nonunanimous jury verdicts in civil damage trials and settle suits by blame percentage. Rep DeWitt Hale says the veto illegal as the bill was filed with the secretary of state. Hale must win two thirds in the House to override. House session lingered without a vote.
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Austin
UPI
Texas
Preston Smith
Smith
DeWitt Hale
Corpus Christi
Hale
House
Senate
Wallace Plans 1972 Bid Emphasizing Taxes and Busing
Alabama Governor George C. Wallace announced an active 1972 presidential bid with a platform built on taxes and busing. He spoke at a Dallas appreciation dinner where 50 dollar tickets sold out and sponsors offered 25 dollar entries.
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Dallas
UPI
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
American Independent Party
World News Comments on Vietnam and Space Delays
Foreign observers note Hanoi and Viet Cong demand a fixed U S withdrawal date as a condition for broader peace. Nixon faces pressure as Soyuz 10 Sailure setbacks slow Soviet space plans and a durable space platform construction is delayed. Nationalist China suppresses anti American expression while avoiding criticism of Nixon and relations with Beijing. See FOREIGN NEWS, page 4.
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United States
Vietnam
Hanoi
Viet Cong
Wixon
U. S
Nixon
China
Wage Hike Will Cut Work Force
Dear Jack The Cuero Record letter from Rosemary Cheatham Patriotic Emblem chairman expresses gratitude for newsroom support and urges continued press backing for Pilot projects. It cites past Cuero winners 1969 1970 and names committee members Freira Riebschlaeger Corinne Carlton Mary Goebel Ellyee Hansen.
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Rosemary Cheatham
Miss Mary Goebel
Dirty 30 Ask Tax Bill Veto
A group known as the Dirty 30 urges Gov. Preston Smith to veto a 873 million tax plan and remove pork barrel items from the 6.9 billion fiscal 1972 73 budget. The coalition, including liberals conservatives and Republicans, pressed for action after opposing the gasoline tax hike and favored spending projects. Smith agreed to study both bills but gave no commitment.
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Smith
House
Gus Mutschher
Bat Warning From Cuero Health Official Urges Parents
Cuero DeWitt County Health Department sanitarian Bud Davis urged Cuero parents to warn children about bat dangers after a bat that bit three Victoria elementary students tested rabid. He warned that bites require a 14 day daily antiviral shot series and cited bats in old buildings and summer travel.
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Cuero-DeWitt County Health Department
Bud Davis
Davis
Victoria
Mothers Day Program Presented by Our Lady of Guadalupe
About 150 students of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine at Our Lady of Guadalupe Educational Parish built a Mother's Day program honoring mothers. Instructors Miss Yolanda Gonzales and Felix Mendez led the event with refreshments served afterward. Rev. Francis J. Kunz noted 20 members will attend a retreat near Sunday at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, leaving by bus at 7 a.m.
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Religion of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
Yolanda Gonzales
Felix Mendez
Francis J. Kunz
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church
Our Lady of Sorrows Church
Victoria
Notaries Must Refile to Requalify in DeWitt County
DeWitt County Clerk Ray Gips announced that all notary publics in the county must refile bonds by May 15 to requalify. Only 85 persons have filed this year, compared with 217 at the same point last year. Filers may mail or visit the clerk’s office during regular hours 8 to 12 and 1 to 5, Monday through Friday.
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DeWitt County
Ray Gips
Gips
N A A C P To Meet Thursday At Mt Merman Church
Adult and youth branches of the N A A C P will hold a meeting Thursday at 3 p m in Mt Merman Baptist Church. Prospective and regular members are urged to attend. Presidents Rev R D Odoms and Joseph Gibbs Jr lead the event with refreshments to be served. Secretaries are Miss Gladvee Mitchell and Miss Vance King. Mrs Dorothy Scotts yanth supervisor.
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N.A.A C.P
Mt. Merman Baptist Church
R. D. Odoms
Joseph Gibbs, Jr
Gladvee Mitchell
Vance King
Dorothy Scott Yanth
Cuero Volunteer Fire Dept Finances Drive Tuesday
The Cuero Volunteer Fire Dept ends its finance drive Tuesday May 1 to close the campaign. The Finance Committee officers and volunteers will meet Tuesday night at 7 30 and complimentary tickets will be mailed for an appreciation barbecue May 17 for contributors. Tom Kennedy and Waco Lake were elected as delegates to the State Firemen and Fire Marshals Convention in Dallas June 7 10.
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Tom Kennedy
Waco
Lake
Dallas
Former U S Ambassador Visits Cuero
Thomas Mann former ambassador to Mexico and Mrs Mann visited Cuero on Saturday at the invitation of Mr and Mrs Lott Taylor. Mann served in Mexico City from 1946 to 1964 and recently retired as President of the Automotive Manufacturers Association. The couple, Laredo natives, are Texans relocating to Austin after leaving the Foreign Service and highlight a Texas retirement plan.
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Thomas Mann
Mexico
Mann
Cuero
Lott Taylor
Ambassador Mann
Mexico City
Taylors
Taylor
Laredo
Auto Manufacturers Association
Washington, D.C
Austin
Foreign Service
State Department
Inter American Affairs
Waco
Texas
Stander to Fight Carr in Omaha May 4 at Sam's Gynec Auditorium
Unbeaten heavyweight Ron Stander of Council Bluffs Iowa signs to meet Lee Carr of New York on May 4 at the Samhs Gynec Auditorium in Omaha. The bout pits Stander against Carr in a scheduled heavyweight clash.
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Omaha
Neb
Ron Stander
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Lee Carr
New York
S@mahs Gynec Auditorium
Minimum wage push feared to raise unemployment and cut teen jobs
An analysis linked to a proposed $2 per hour minimum wage warns of higher unemployment by fall 1972 and possible peaking before election day. It details past layoffs after 1966 wage laws, predicted further job losses, and notes teen job reductions if federal wage rules persist.
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Congress
Labor Committees
National Federation of Independent Business
Hobtail
Department of Labor
Lhrines
Marcet
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Que
George Wachtendorf
John Means
Elvis Rutdock
God
Henry Hartman, Jr
Mary
Berner
Bentsen
Antils. Chinese
The
Nationalist Chinese Gov
Jack Howerton
Jack
Pilot International
When Freedom's Foundation
Scout
Acti
Freira
Carlton
You
America
Ellyee Hansen
By Ann Arnold
Ask
Indus
Sanitarian
N.A.A.C.P
Cuere Volunteer Fire
Cuero Volunteer Fire Dept
State Firemens and
U.S
Stander
Carr
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