Polliwogs by Polly Hower Poon
Edgar and Mary Lee Smith in Austin where Mary Lee underwent eye surgery earlier this week. Andrew Trevino who broke his arm five weeks ago has recovered enough to be back on the job at Benton Sheet Metal and Welding. Ricky Koenig telephoning his parents from Fort Benning Georgia where he is in Officers Training School. He reported a bum knee after a ravine fall while reconnoitering. Norma Mussett has closed her shop Contour of a Woman and is moving with her family to Beeville. Norris Gottschall dislikes the rainy weather. Thanks to Oscar Adickes for ad and copy. Gladdie Rushe looks forward to traveling. Hazel Benton back on the job after vacation. Gertie Mae Thomas enrolled in Cuero High adult education classes. She plans a summer vacation. Plastic eyeglasses discussed. Dr and Mrs William Grunder host Alfred Smith and Florence Sweeney of Boston. Patricia Ann Lane, Miss Alaska, won best state costume and placed second in Miss USA swimsuit in San Juan Puerto Rico. Finals on Channel 5 Saturday at 9 pm per Kathy Doell. Mrs Ioneworth of Yorktown visited Cuero Wednesday. Mrs John Domingues returned to Cuero from Miami Peach Fla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Trevino
Benton Sheet Metal and Welding
Ricky Koenig
Charles and
Mary Koemic
Ft. Benning
Georgia
Officers Training School
Patricia Ann Lane
Alaska
San Juan
Purto Rico
U.S.A
Patricia
Heisler
Cuero
Bob Alsbrook
Don Lane
Houston
Channel 5
Kathy Doell
Wallace in surgery again to remove bullet from spine
Doctors plan a second operation within a week to remove a .38 caliber bullet lodged in George Corley Wallace's spinal column. Surgeons say his walking future is uncertain though they expect recovery from four gunshot wounds within about six weeks. Wallace remains paralyzed from the hips down and vows to fight on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Spring
UPI
George Corley Wallace
Alabama
James Garber Galbraith
University of Alabama Medical School
Galbraith
Wallace
Laurel
Maryland
Michigan
Cornelia
Nixon to Tour Austria and Moscow in Two Week Visit
President Nixon will visit Austria the Soviet Union Iran and Poland in a two week trip. He aims to open negotiations with the Kremlin and ease tensions amid Vietnam and European shifts. The schedule includes a Red Square welcome a Kremlin tea banquet and state dinners with Brezhnev Kosygin and Podgorny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Nixon
Moscow
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Yalta
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Vietnam
Europe
White House
Austria
Iran
Poland
Ronald L. Ziegler
Salzburg
Schloss Klessheim
Bruno Kreisky
Nixons
Communist Party
Leonid L Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Awards Program Highlights Cuero Junior High Activities
Cuero Junior High held an awards ceremony with Student Council President Becky Bell leading the Pledge. Principals and coaches recognized students for presidential fitness awards, perfect attendance, honor roll, and top academic rankings across 6th to 8th grades, plus golf and band accolades. American Legion honors were given to Deborah Lambert and Glynn Schultz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becky Bell
Sherry Portis
Cynthia Barnett
Christi Boone
Carol Brown
Sandra Coleman
Cheryl Henderson
Sylvia Parker
Mary Sheppard
Lisa Stirneman
Barbara Terrell
Delores Valdez
Earmene Weathers
Carnice Brown
Marilyn Cheatham
Terri Hausman
Janie Korth
Pauline Mack
Lillian Pickens
Debora Glover
Cheryl Causey
Larry Wolf
U.L
Victoria
Langdon Smith
Carol Binz
Sylvia Cruz
Boby Herrera
Naela Ramirez
Thomas Williams
Smith
Darrell Cooper
Becky Hairston
Sheryl Kizer
Debbie Lambert
Cynthia Orozco
Rebecca Reese
Glynn Schultz
Cliff Weber
Ava Dixon
Laurie Dunn
Alexis Gray
Lillian Peterson
Jeff Dietze
Jayne Duffield
Gregory Arroyo
Joan Bade
Sheryl Bade
C. L. Duckett
American Legion
Deborah Lambert
Kasse Lambert
Eldred Schultz
Viet Troops Battle 500 Reds Near Saigon
South Vietnamese forces clashed with about 500 North Vietnamese near Duc Thanh and Nui Dat, leaving 6 dead and 13 wounded on the Vietnamese side while claiming 97 enemy killed. Casualties this week push totals over 25,000, with broader incursions and Haiphong mine claims under eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
UPI
Duc Thanh
Nui Dat
Vietnam
Vung Tau
Pue Thanh
U.S
New York Times
Anthony Lewis
Haiphong
the Times
Washington Administration
Haiphong Harbor
An Lac
Girl Scouts Advance In Rank At Fly Up Ceremony
Eighteen girls moved to higher age levels and 46 badges were earned at the Fly Up and Court of Honor held at the First United Methodist Church. Awards were given to leaders and supporters including a 60th anniversary pin to Mrs. Albert Wade and special thanks to Paul McChesney and Rev. Peterson. Twelve Brownies crossed to Juniors and several Juniors progressed to Cadette Scouting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First United Methodist Church
Ann Coudert
Paisano Girl Scout Council
Ami
Calvin Peterson
Paul Gebauer
Burch Ware
Erwin Staehr
Albert Wade
Paul McChesney
Red Cross
Peterson
Wilburn Stall
Brownie
Debra Binz
Kim Blackwell
Jennie Boyd
Mary Cook
Paula Gebauer
Donna Gilbreth
Michelle Buschhaupt
Tina Umphres
Vivian Ware
Adlaida Wade
Annette
Nixon Seeks Local Control Over Social Service Funds
President Nixon urged Congress to grant state and local officials authority to streamline social services. The plan would let states transfer up to 25 percent of funds between federally approved programs and require integrated, area tailored planning. Governors could opt in or out. projected federal cost of $20 million annually for planning and implementation.
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Nixon
Congress
White House
Two Killed and 20 Injured in Northern Ireland Attacks
In Crossmaglen near Belfast a sniper killed a British Army engineer and wounded another as sandbags were stacked outside a police station. A civilian, Bernard Moane, 46, was fatally shot and his body dumped nearby amid a wave of shooting and bombing that left 20 injured.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Crossmaglen
Irish Republic
Bernard Moane
General Electric Accused Of Anti Competitive Practices
The Justice Department filed a civil antitrust suit in Auburn New York charging General Electric with restraint of trade since 1965. It alleges reciprocal purchasing arrangements foreclose competitors and restrict supplier sales. The suit seeks injunctions and removal of duties tied to reciprocal purchasing. GE posted 1970 sales of about 8.7 billion dollars.
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Ing
General Electric
United States
Supreme Court Rules For Client Of Dietze
The Texas Supreme Court upheld a 13th Court of Civil Appeals ruling in favor of Mrs. Opal Blair Riedel, client of Attorney Errol John Dietze, granting an estate inheritance exceeding $50,000. The decision, from Corpus Christi, confirms no writ of error was issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Supreme Court
13Th Court of Civil Appeals
Opal Blair Riedel
Errol John Dietze
Pershing Hiller
Riedel
Dietze
Joe Kelly
24Th District Court
Kelly
Herman Kerlick
Et al Dietze
13Th Court of Appeals
Kerlicks
Harlan Riedel
Kerlick
Herman Riedel
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Polliwogs
Polly Hower
Poon
Edgar
Mary Lee Smith
Austin
Mary Lee
Norma Mussett
Beeville
Norris Gottschall
Oscar Adickes
Gladdie Rushe
Hazel Benton
Ruth
Gertie Mae Thomas
Cuero High
William Grunder
Alfred Smith
Florence Sweeney
Boston
Massachusettes
John Domingues
Miami Peach
Fla
Jerry Hlad
Kimberly
April
Helen Thomas
Andrews Air Force Base
George Wallace
New York
Cuero Junior High
Cuero Junior High School
Lanny Havemann
Gene Parks
Havemann
Kontum
Central Highlands
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Girl Scouts
Scouts
Ireland
Supreme Court
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