Polliwogs and local community events roundup
A Cuero United Fund Drive planning meeting is set for Tuesday at 2:30 PM at the Chamber of Commerce. The column notes attendance at a Texas A&I Homecoming, Turkey Trot photos from various readers, a sartorial update on a velvet robe, theater outing to Plaza Dinner Theatre, and birthday wishes for several locals.
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United Fund
Cuero
Jane Breeden
Hermine Clagett
Estelle Evers
Carrie May Buchel
San Antonio
Plaza
Von Dohlen Reports On Activities After Special Session
Rep. Tim Von Dohlen of Goliad outlines interim committee assignments including Health Care Rules Revision Water Districts and State Meat Inspection He serves on the permanent Appropriations Committee and is Vice-Chairman of Banks and Banking and Claims He sits as one of three House members on the Texas Commission on Intergovernmental Relations He notes forthcoming 1973 session legislation and speaks at numerous civic events with Cherie Proposals include compulsory liability insurance administrative procedure acts and amendments to the Texas Dangerous Drug Law He calls the 63rd Session highly significant with many substantive issues to resolve.
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Tim von Dohlen
Goliad
Tam
House
Banks and Banking
Texas Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
Cherie
Lions Honor Three At Conference Here
Three Lions were honored Sunday at the Mid-Winter Conference of District 284 Lions Club. Werner Kautz Cuero George Bathey Victoria and the late Paul Gustwick Yoakum received awards in a ceremony led by Jim Delander Richmond.
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Lions Club
Werner Kautz
Cuero
George Bathey
Victoria
Paul Gustwick
Yoakum
Jim Delander
Richmond
Jim McNeill
Angleton
Allan Raska
Needville
Lions Crippled Childrens Camp
Kerrville
Port Lavaca
Bloomington
Ganado Lions Clubs
Write-In Candidates Stir DeWitt County Campaigns
Voters in DeWitt County face an 8 AM to 7 PM election at polling places on Tuesday November 7 with write-in candidates drawing interest as incumbents face challengers in Precinct 1. Harold Heyer joins Cuero as a new write-in, while incumbent Dave Weber has no Republican opponent and Edgar Dittfurth seeks the seat.
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DeWitt
Richard Nixon
George McGovern
John Tower
Barefoot Sanders
Sanders
Cuero
Ray Gips
Gips
Southwestern Appraisal Company
DeWitt County
GOP Working Margin Seen As Unfunny Joke
The GOP aims for a working margin in the House with Dixiecrats aiding the President, but Democrats call it an unfunny joke. Observers note Dixiecrats vote with Republicans rather than party leadership, undermining hopes for a real majority.
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ED Rogers Washington
UPI
The
House
American Crewmen Killed In Vietnam
Four American helicopter crewmen were killed and another wounded in clashes below Da Nang as three U.S. helicopters were shot down by Communist troops. Reports also note a CH47 Chinook crash in the Mekong Delta last week with 22 American deaths. Vietnam air losses included a B52 bomber and two A7 Corsairs shot down over North Vietnam in past two days.
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Arthur Higbee
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Marker Dedication Draws 75 Attendees in Hochheim
About 75 people attended the Texas Historical Marker dedication for Hochheim Sunday. Attendees came from Victoria Hallettsville Cuero and Hochheim including many descendants of early Hochheim settlers and several visitors who were Masons. A plaque listing 75 past masters of the Hochheim Masonic Lodge was displayed. Afterward attendees toured the Masonic Lodge building and Hochheim Cemetery.
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Texas
Hochheim
A. W. Schaffner
DeWitt
Supreme Court strikes down law banning Capitol protests
The Supreme Court ruled the federal law prohibiting large scale demonstrations on Capitol grounds unconstitutional. The case, brought by the Jeannette Rankin Brigade, challenged a 1968 march from Union Station to the Capitol East Front Plaza, with the court upholding the lower panel’s finding that the law violated First Amendment rights.
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Capitol
Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
U.S. Capitol
District of Columbia
Congress
Jeannette Rankin Brigade
Union Station
East Front
Vote Drive Underway Encourages Voters Tomorrow
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3972 and its Ladies Auxiliary run an active Get Out The Vote drive. Posters urge citizens to vote, with A W Schaffner leading the poster project. The auxiliary conducts a telephone campaign urging everyone to vote tomorrow.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3972
Post
A.W. Schaffner
World in Brief Highlights From Global Campaign and Crises
Britain sees Heath shuffle cabinet amid talk of pay and price freezes. Chile ends historic strikes as martial law is lifted in Santiago. Nixon says voters face a clear choice of policies. McGovern campaigns coast to coast before election. A hijacker demands 2 million on a Japan Airlines flight and Cuba haven. Rogers sees Vietnam talks resuming soon with cautious optimism.
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Britain
London
Edward Heath
Nixon
San Clemente
Calif
Chile
Santiago
Salvador Allende
Tokyo
Japan Airlines
Cuba
William P. Rogers
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Washington
Unpolled Voters and Election Probing in Culpeper Letter
A columnist laments 5.5 percent of voters unpolled and offers a supplementary poll. The piece satirically questions jobless voting while inviting participation on candidates for Culpeper, the 54 40 Fight issue, school busing, and bugging methods with humorous alternatives.
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Culpeper
Nixon
McGovern
Vietnam
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