Wedding plans cross state lines and local notes in Cuero
Cuero Record lists wedding plans for Caro Lyn Ferguson in Berkley California with travel from San Antonio and visits to the Pierce family in Menlo Park. Local notes mention soldiers, residents, spray painting efforts, and a volunteer peach tree harvest as well as community updates and a hospital patient in Cuero.
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Bill Ferguson
Carolyn
San Antonio
Berkley
California
Suzanna Pierce
R. A. Pierce
FE. L. Pierce
Menlo Park
Pierces
Cuero
George Wachtendorf
Cuero Community Hospital
Entries In Rodeo Sought For Cuero Youth Rodeo
Entries are being sought for the Cuero Youth Rodeo to be held July 13 to 15 at the Municipal Park arena. Deadline is June 1. Entries may be sent to Cuero Youth Rodeo P O Box 407 Cuero or contact Judge Albert Ley at the DeWitt County Courthouse.
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Cuero
Municipal Park
Cuero Youth Rodeo
P. O. Box 407
Albert Ley
DeWitt County
Kidnapper Foils Capture in North Texas Jetliner Escape
An armed robber abducted Mrs. Meredith Roberts from a Waco grocery then led police on a high speed chase through North Central Texas. He threatened to kill her if not allowed to escape aboard a jetliner. Virgil Lee Fuqua identified as suspect.
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Dallas
UPI
Meredith Roberts
Waco
Texas
Virgil Lee Fuqua
Battle of Screwworms Ravaging the County
De Witt County reports 48 screwworm cases to date with about three new infections daily. County Ag Agent Orval Wright urges regular animal inspections and sterile fly treatment, noting favorable winter conditions and widespread spread via infested livestock. Preventive steps include early wound care, delaying surgeries, and spraying animals before shipping.
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de Witt
Orval Wright
Mexico
Southwest
Wright
Texas
Mission Lab
Fire at Plant After Blast Kills Six Women Workers
A blast at a munitions plant in Kiln Mississippi killed six women workers and sparked a major fire. Authorities said further explosions were highly unlikely and plans to drop firefighting chemicals from aircraft were canceled. An Army demolition squad and local police monitored the scene as the fire burned out to brush and Amber fires.
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Joseph Mangano JR
Miss
UPI
Air Force
Bay St. Louis
Sylvan Ladner
VFW Post 3972 and Auxiliary Meet for Memorial Day Plans
The Cuero VFW Post 3972 and Ladies Auxiliary will meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the N.Y.A. building Municipal Park to finalize plans for the Memorial Day service at 9 a.m. May 29 on the DeWitt County Courthouse lawn. Carl Culpepper, post chaplain, urges participation by all organizations and interested citizens.
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Cuero Vfw
Ladies Auxiliary
N.Y.A
Municipal Park
DeWitt County
Carl Culpepper
Incidents At Sea Pact To Stop Confrontations
The United States and the Soviet Union sign a naval pact during Nixon's summit visit to end harassment on the high seas. Navy Secretary-designate John Warner and Soviet Navy chief Adm. Sergei Orshkov vow to stop brinkmanship and reduce tensions as talks on arms limitation continue.
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UPS
Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
Nixon
U. S. Navy
John Warner
Sergei Orshkov
Kremlin
Washington
High Seas
Warner
Gorshkov
Ronald L. Ziegler
White House
Nixon Visits Bolshoi Ballet School in Moscow
Pat Nixon tours the Bolshoi Theater School of Choreography in Moscow with Mrs Brezhnev and Mrs Gromyko. She watches performances, greets young dancers, and expresses hope for future exchange with the United States as Nixon engages in talks on Vietnam and a pending trade pact.
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Pat Nixon
Bolshoi Ballet School
Bolshoi Theater School of Choreography
Nixon
Bolshoi School
Leonid I Brezhnev
Communist Party
Andrei A. Gromyko
Sophie Golovkina
Bolshoi Prime
Ballet Dancers
Madame Golovkina
Prominent figures arrested in Capitol sit in protest
A group of 94 prominent individuals including Judy Collins, Robert Lifton, Benjamin Spock, John Steinbeck IV, and Barbara Harris were arrested after sitting on the House floor past the 5 PM limit to protest US Vietnam policy. The demonstration featured a petition to Speaker Carl Albert and was halted by Capitol Police Chief James Powell.
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Washington
UPI
Yale
Robert Lifton
Capitol
Lifton
Vietnam
House of Representatives
Judy Collins
George Wald
Harvard
Dick Gregory
John Steinbeck IV
New York
Joseph Papp
Gary Wills
Karl Hess
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Patricia Simon
Boston
Barbara Harris
Benjamin Spock
Larry Rivers
Marcus Taskin
James Powell
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Carl Albert
Congress
Indochina
Albert
Miss Collins
Sid
Three Points Near Hue Attacked By N Viets
North Vietnamese forces attacked along the My Chanh River defense line north of Hue with two battalions about 1,000 men engaging, while Kontum near the Central Highlands faced heavy artillery and house to house fighting. U.S. Marine advisers reported the clashes and noted some Kontum government troops showing reluctance to join the battle. The NV drive targeted Hue’s northern defenses, about 50 miles south of the DMZ.
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Saigon
My Chanh River
Hue
Kontum
N. Viets
Nixon seeks exit from Vietnam through Moscow accord
Nixon and Brezhnev discuss Vietnam during the Moscow summit focusing on restraint and pressure on Hanoi. The president hopes a joint communique may signal a path to a peaceful settlement and a graceful U.S. exit, while navigating re election concerns and promises made in 1968.
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Moscow
Munist
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Vietnam
Nixon
Brezhnev
Hanoi
Henry A. Kissinger
South Vietnam
Haiphong Harbor
Inn Peevers
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Lissiet
Polliwogs
SFC Lugine Brown
Safety & Security
Willie L. Brown
Bien Hoa
Long Binh
Mrs
Eddie Hall
Emil Penner
Victoria
Dale Wild
Missouri
Colonel
Charlies Lucas
Hazel and
Tolbert McAlister
Sharon Steen
John Post
O. A. Schroeter
Edward Boyles
Maudine Cook
Yorktown
Joe Reuss
West Main Street
Jerry Fleming
Oroville
Wash
St. Louis
VFW
Helen Thomas
Mrs. Nixon
William P. Rogers
Nikolai Vu. Podgorny
Alexei N. Nosygin
Powell
District of Columbia
Reds
By Uelen Thomas
U.S
North Vietnam
Russia
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