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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1972
Page
3
Former Senator Ralph Yarborough asserts he won the Democratic nomination outright and asks party officials to recheck the final vote before midnight. He claims a 603 vote lead from county clerks, while the official canvass shows he trails by 536 votes.
The American Lutheran Church Women of St John’s Lindenau announce their annual Fellowship Day on Sunday May 21 from 3:00 to 6:00 pm. A country store and refreshments will be offered with a free will offering. Rev Harvey Rongers serves as pastor. Mrs Edwin Kahlich chairs the ALCW. Public invited.
Craft activity notes from the day as the Taylors visited San Antonio. Melissa Wanjura, daughter of Jerry and Mrs. Wanjura, Cuero, underwent surgery in Victoria and remains in room 333 at Citizens Memorial Hospital. Various local residents spent Mother's Day with relatives and enjoyed weekend visits and a coastal fishing trip.
The notice lists marriage licenses for Lawrence Wallace and Sharon Lambert, Clarence Drozd and Judy Laqua, Thomas Welden Jones and Beatrice Johnson. It also names new car owners in Cuero and surrounding towns, plus criminal cases including State vs Hernon Don D.W.L, State vs Cooley, Gonzales-Aggravated Assault, and State vs Hebert Theft.
The Hillside Cemetery Association will meet at 5 00 p m on Wednesday May 24 at City Hall. Mrs R J Wal deck president says on the agenda is the election of officers.
Cuero store manager Bill Kuester announced the winners of the H E B Foods Cuero 12th anniversary drawing. J W Brown Cuero won a Corning 10 cup electromatic percolator. Al Pake Busch Smiley won a Sunbeam Shave Master electric shaver. Donna Shows Cuero won a Real Tone AM FM pocket radio. Ear lene Luddeke Cuero won a GE steam dry iron. D W Heath Cuero won a Weller soldering gun kit. Kuester praised registrants for contributing to a successful anniversary.
Reports from a hospital describe Wallace as paralyzed from the waist down after a Monday rally shooting. Doctors warn recovery is uncertain with a second operation pending while campaign plans proceed, and aides note Wallace may press on from a wheelchair if needed.
The Cuero Ministerial Alliance urges generous donations to aid Seguin and New Braunfels disaster relief through local Chambers of Commerce. Labor volunteers are asked to contact Dewey Henderson at the Cuero Chamber of Commerce to assist in impacted areas.
UPI reports U.S. customs blocked a shipment of 10,000 pairs of ladies disposable paper panties at a Gulf Coast port for failing flammability standards. Samples sent to the FTC found the European made underwear dangerously flammable under the Flammable Products Act.
The April hospital load reached 61.5 percent capacity while 75 percent is needed to break even. The board weighed a Hill Burton proposal requiring charity patients be specified at entry and asked for study before a recommendation to the American Hospital Association. The board approved dental services by Dr. William Grunder and Dr. Forrest W. Windel after staff approvals.
Forced Busing reached a workable compromise on the busing issue with an 18 month moratorium on busing orders to allow appeals. The measure is part of a broader omnibus higher education bill aiming for universal student aid and expanded community college and veterans programs.
Cuero High School presents its Spring Concert in the Cuero Junior High Auditorium at 7 30 P M on Friday. The varied program includes solos ensembles and full choir with senior junior sophomore and freshman participants listed.
Adam Kohutek formerly of 804 E New man died today at noon in a local hospital. Funeral services are pending at Freund Funeral Home.
Mrs Cyrus Bedford Forgason, 86, of San Antonio died May 15 after a long residence in the city. A native of Moulton Texas she helped found Trinity Baptist Church and was a life member of the Battle of Flowers Association. She is survived by her husband Cyrus Forgason a daughter Mrs Elizabeth Forgason and several nieces and a nephew. Services set for 11:00 a.m. Thursday at Porter Loring Mortuary Georgian Chapel with burial at Sunset Memorial Park officiated by Dr Buckner Fanning and Rev Bob Wideman.
Funeral services were conducted at 3 p.m. in the United Pentecostal Local Church El Buen Pastor for Mrs. Soledad Aguilar Trevino 64 of Cuero who died Monday evening. The Rev. Miguel Escamilla officiated, with interment in Hillside Cemetery under Oak Memorial Funeral Home. Survivors include husband Simon Trevino of Cuero, daughter Sylvia Trevino of Cuero, six Aguilar brothers from Port Arthur, three Aguilar sisters from Port Arthur, Eagle Lake and Nederland.
Eighteen employees of DeWitt County Electric Cooperative Inc. earned safe driving awards totaling 174 years without an accident. Also noted are Cuero High senior Mary Paulette Wells prize in a poster contest and two Cuero students to receive UT business degrees.
In Cuero on May 17 1967 Mrs Pat Lee was elected president of the Cuero Chapter, marking a key leadership change for the local organization.
Scattered military activity around Saigon in recent weeks. Vice President Agnew was not in danger during his stay. B52 strikes pounded suspected Communist rocket sites and troop concentrations near Kontum and three miles southeast of An Loc, the provincial capital 60 miles north of Saigon.
UPI reports cattle and calves at steady demand with varied classes. Slaughter cows and bulls range from 21.00 to 31.25 per hundredweight, feeders show mixed prices with weights from 290 to 460 pounds, hogs steady to higher for 190 to 240 pound barrows and gilts while sows trade around 21.00 to 21.50.
Troop 241 met May 15 at 7 30 p m with fourteen scouts and one adult present. Senior Patrol Leader Ralph Hartman II opened by reciting the Scout Oath. Discussion focused on the three aims of scouting and daily life. Summer camp expenses were submitted by scouts and ten plan to attend. Scoutmaster minutes were read and Charles Davis played taps at closing.
Washington sources report Treasury Secretary Connally says he has no personal political ambitions but hints at possible future campaigns for Nixon's reelection. Nixon praises Connally as a "tower of strength" while Connally notes his readiness to return to private life, with succession by George P. Shultz pending Senate confirmation.
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