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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1971
Page
4
Weekend visits from Dallas Cuero Floresville and Victoria are noted with Mr and Mrs James Schulte and family in Cuero. Festive events include anniversaries birthdays and a hospital update with negative test results for Nathan Post.
Morris Williams Jr., 40, died Saturday in Houston. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at New Hope Baptist Church with Rev. L W Ford officiating. Jamison Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include wife Callie Williams, daughter Lucille, and four sons David, Tommie, Brian, and Morris Williams III, all of Cuero.
Nathan Post returns home from Victoria Hospital after a brief stay. Bill Umphres reports a hog missing on the Victoria highway and a near collision. Evelyn Riebschlaeger notes a casted arm complicating inventory. Jerry Putman, in Korea since August, will join his family in El Paso for twenty days before resuming duties. Grace Church Bazaar plans advance with Dee Sager coordinating. Birthday wishes for Alfred Friar, Chester Buenning, Mary Buenning Cone, and Raychel Legerett.
Market notes show shelled corn at 1.05 by the bushel and ear corn at 2.205 by the bushel with cash grain quotations from Hansen Feed & Supply.
UPI reports Fort Worth markets showing cattle and calves at 2000-22.50 for slaughter cows, feeders steady, beef types across weights with 51.25 for steers, hogs up to 25 higher, sows steady, 16.00 ranges for 275-550 lb hogs, and sheep at 91 for choice woolled slaughter lambs around 450.
Robson explains the goal to reproduce hydrogen bomb conditions in a controlled, small scale setup at a non government lab. Semientists have studied for 20 years to fuse light elements without a nuclear explosion, aiming for a practical and safe fusion method.
Cooking meat at low to moderate temperatures yields maximum tenderness and less shrinkage, ensuring more meat to serve. The center remains fully cooked without becoming overdone, offering better texture and consistency.
CCV Nean MeVa and Paul Sanchez greet Melissa Jean born Oct 3 at 6 35 am Cuero Community Hospital weighing 7 pounds 8% ounces. Andrew Garcia and Rebecca Ann arrive Oct 40 11 22 am at Cuero Community Hospital weighing seven pounds one and a half ounces. Gary T Boehm and Dianne West welcome a baby boy born Oct 51 11 57 at Pecos Hospital weighing 7% pounds and 21 inches long.
Harry Middleton spoke at a Cuero banquet as part of a meeting on Amistad Reservoir rock art, preservation planning, and state laws affecting historical sites. General James A. Cross discussed the parks fund while Frank Hildebrand highlighted Texas Tourism. DeWitt County Historical Survey won honorable mention and a Distinguished Service Award.
DeWitt County Cancer Society postponed its regular meeting indefinitely per publicity chairman Mrs. E T Summers Jr. The session was set for Thursday at Cuero Community Hospital.
The Meyersville 4-H Club and DeWitt County council received multiple honors as awards were presented at a Monday night program. Michael Rucker serves as county 4-H vice chair with many members earning achievements across Swine Sheep Beef and more. The event theme was 4-H Bridges the Gap with Terne Means as master of ceremonies and students delivering opening and closing tributes.
Readers ask about asthma from smoke and thyroid caused nerves and mood. Experts confirm cigarette smoke aggravates asthma and hyperactive thyroids trigger physical and emotional changes with treatments available. A note offers a booklet on alcoholism.
Walter Edwards found guilty in DeWitt County Court for driving while intoxicated with a $100 fine plus costs and a 10 day jail sentence probationable for one year. Fleetwood Lloyd Perry Jr. also found guilty in county court of driving while intoxicated with a $100 fine plus costs and a 10 day jail sentence probationable over one year.
Registrants born after August 0 1922 no longer required to carry draft cards beyond their draft age. Card carrying ends at age 26 for those never deferred and age 45 for others. A new 1-H classification begins for men turning 18 in 1972 and each year after. All registrants enter administrative holding before the 1973 lottery.
The text outlines new draft regulations for 1974, including 1-H and 1-A classifications, lottery ceiling, and age rules. It allows 18-year-olds to register 30 days before to 30 days after their birthday, lowers deference rights, and introduces 4-W for conscientious objectors after civilian service. It also permits 18-year-olds to serve on local draft boards and reduces term limits to 20 years.
The sheriff sale occurred at the courthouse entrance with about 50 people present. Fourteen parcels remained after eight were removed for back tax payments. Six parcels sold to high bidders, mostly between 20 and 400 dollars per parcel, while nine parcels drew no bids.
Willie B. Henry twenty six of 2305 N Cameron Victoria is in De Witt County Jail on charges of driving while intoxicated and no drivers license. He was picked up by Highway Patrolman Robert Dobbins on Saturday at 1 50 a m.
A reader notes emphasize judging by actions over appearances and caution against excessive dress and speech. The piece contains thanks to Bill and Mrs Jo Brown, mentions Dewey Shore and Buddyoney, and praise for Henry Lad decke Sr as a fried chicken man in DeWitt County.
Johnny Todd, 23, of 408 Avenue D in Victoria, is in DeWitt County Jail on driving while intoxicated charges. He was arrested Tuesday at 10 47 a m by DeWitt County Sheriff's deputies and faces a $149 fine and three days in jail. I R Torres was picked up on a burglary warrant and turned over to Victoria County Sheriff at 11 53 a m.
Lawmakers urge a quick constructive solution to the unsettled House speakership, noting a large majority want progress. They cite Rep. Rayford Price of Palestine as demonstrated in six terms the experience fairness and leadership needed by the House at this time. Price began his service after being elected to the Texas House in 1960 while a freshman at the University of Texas law school.
Joseph Lee Whitten of Route 4 Box 131A struck a parked car owned by Robert Gardner at 5 55 a m on a Monday in front of Gardner s home. Patrolman J R Adams of the Cuero Police Department investigated. No injuries and only slight damage reported.
United Press International reports the first U S natural gas well was drilled in 1921 to a depth of 27 feet near a burning spring at Predonia New York.
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