Texas faces final adoption of 112 textbook titles
The State Board of Education weighs final approval of 112 social studies and reading textbooks deemed to promote revolution and celebrate drug culture. Opposition from Houston and Longview locals, alongside others, urges more public reading time and objections to publisher access. The panel already selected the titles September 14 from 440 submissions for use in 1972.
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Austin
Roger Annan
Houston
Mel Gabler
Longview
Charles M. Baker
Sanger
Feneration Board
Texas
Junior CD Unit Picks Officers
The Junior Catholic Daughters of St. Michael's School elected officers: Sharon Kozielski president, Judy Mueller vice president, Shirley Venegas secretary, Joyce Brown treasurer. Theresa Brown chairs the phone committee. The group plans to visit the rest home Sunday to play guitar and sing.
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Catholic Daughters of St. Michael's School
Sharon Kozielski
Judy Mueller
Shirley Venegas
Joyce Brown
Theresa Brown
Gospel Singers Scheduled Here
The Images from Kenedy will sing Sunday at 7 50 p m at Calvary Baptist Church. Rev B J Hall pastor invites the public. Bob Jones of First Baptist Kenedy directs the group, a union of several churches and faiths.
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Kenedy
Calvery Baptist Church
B. J. Hall
Calvary
Bob Jones
First Baptist Church
Schools Plan Traffic Survey For Hunt Elementary
The Cuero Independent School District proposes a traffic survey during the construction period at Hunt Elementary School. Dr E Eb Sims says the city will complete paving on Clayton and Sarat from Hunt to Park Heights Drive by August 1 1972 linking Hunt Elementary to Cuero High School.
No 830 Pickup Change in Cuero Mail Service
Cuero Post Office will shift outgoing mail collection to 5:15 p.m outside and 5 p.m inside the office starting Nov. 27 due to Victoria and San Antonio Star Route requirements. The 8:50 p.m collection is dropped. Local delivery remains unchanged.
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Cuero
Henry Sheppard
San Antonio
Gathings Heads Cuero Merchants Group You Need
Paul Gathings manager of the J C Penney store was named chairman of the Retail Merchants Association at a special Chamber of Commerce meeting. He outlined plans for a weekday organizational meeting to launch a shop at home promotional campaign with bumper sticker and a city wide Christmas program. Merchants urged immediate action to keep Cuero dollars in Cuero and watch for mail invites and Cuero Record notices.
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Paul Gathings
J.C. Penney
Retail Merchants Association
Chamber of Commerce
Cuero
New Chief Appointed To Agriculture Post
Nixon names Purdue University dean and former Eisenhower official James E. Butz as agriculture secretary, succeeding Clifford Hardin who moves toRalston Purina as vice chairman. Butz faces Democratic critique from Lawrence O'Brien but is pledged to aid hard pressed farmers. Hardin departs after 10 years as Dean Butz returns to Purdue continuing education post.
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Washington
UPI
Butz
Purdue University
Eisenhower
Nixon
Clifford M. Hardin
Ralston Purina Co
St. Louis
Hardin
But Butz
Ezra Jai Benson
Lawrence F. O’brien
O'Brien
Benson
William Scherie
Browa
Hadin
Schere
Buiz
Purdue
A Bible Thought For Today on God’s Goodness and Repentance
A devotional note cites Romans 2 4 on the goodness of God leading to repentance. It laments many do not take God’s goodness seriously today.
Expanded Nutrition Program advisory group organized
A Wednesday setup formed to help DeWitt County families improve diets through home visits by seven ENP aides and an advisory homemaker group led by Mrs Mildred Martin. The effort covers nutrition, meal planning, food prep, budgeting, sanitation, storage, and use of commodity foods to boost family health.
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ENP
DeWitt County
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Mildred Martin
Precelia Brown
Adelia Wade
Angie Escamilla
Adelina Campos
Mary Ramirez
Patsy Barron
Doris Blackwell
Dorothy Brown
Mattie Belle Carter
Lilly Gonzalez
Ophelia Macias
Mazie Pickens
VFW Post Auxiliary Members Receive 5 Year Pins
The Ladies Auxiliary to VFW Post 2972 met at the NYA Building with President Mrs. Wilfred Peters presiding. Members received 5 year pins for Mrs William Grinder Mrs Rudy Harryman and Mrs A C Jacob. They planned donations to the National Home Christmas fund and paid life membership dues. The December 4 Christmas Party and a toy drive for the National Home were discussed with a deadline of December 1. The next meeting is December 14 1971.
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VFW
NYA
Wilfred Peters
William Grinder
Rudy Harryman
A.C Jacob
Thomas Kahlich
Quota for United Fund At Cuero Totaling 11 000
A long list of donors and contributions to the United Fund appears, naming individuals, businesses, and organizations such as Farmers State Bank, Cuero Nursing Home, HEB Grocery Co, J. C. Penney Co, Allied Mills Inc, and local residents. Donations range from small gifts to larger sums, with many entries recorded alongside donor names and amounts. The document reflects a community fundraising drive balance sheet style listing all contributors and their pledged amounts.
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Graham Hamilton
Farmers State Bank
Buchel Bank
Cuero Federal S & L
Weber Motor Co
Freund Funeral Home
Ark.-La Gas Co
Gulf Coast Wood
Conrad & Tarkington
Carl R. Wagner
Cuero Livestock Com., Inc
Nielsen 7-Up Bottling Co
Coppedge Tire Service
Duckett Motor Co
Cuero Foodcraft Store
Surface Burial Vault Co
D. M. Stiles
LeRoy Hamilton
Regency Furniture Co
Carter Thomas
S.W. Bell Telephone Co
L. L
Charles Tubbs
Lester Frers Jewelers
Cuero Nursing Home
Ben Franklin
Erna B. Koehler
Oak Memorial Fund
George W. Trowell
Ruess Pharmacy
Jake Cohn
Klecka & Center Pharmacy
J. C. Penney Co
HEB Grocery Co
Alfred Friar
Cuero Record
Means Furniture Co
McClungs Grocery
Howard Kleinecke
Allied Mills, Inc
Paul B. Kulawik
H. P. Green
Reiffert Blackwell
A. J. Engbrock
Leslie Motor Co
John Wheeler
Emil Penner
J. T. Newman &W
Coca Cola
T. Summers Jr
Joan C. Hamilton
M. H. Leslie Oil Co
Friend
Dietze Electric
Cuero Gin
White's
Cuero Oil
State Pay Boost Being Threatened in Texas
Texas Comptroller Robert S. Calvert warned there will be no salary increase for about 63 000 state employees until federal authorization is received. Governor Preston Smith and Attorney General Crawford Martin had sought Washington approval to proceed with a 68 percent pay raise this month, but Calvert said he will not approve even a 5.5 percent hike without price-board authorization.
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Preston Smith
Crawford Martin
Washington
Calvert
Texas
Democratic Executive Committee
Democratic Party
Bates
SULC
Trinity Bay Power Firm Fights EPA Over Cooling Pond
Trinity Bay Power Company challenges EPA action in federal court regarding a 7600 acre cooling pond at Baytown. The suit seeks to halt EPA pressure on the Army Corps to stop work while the plant’s cooling water proposal is claimed to benefit local wildlife and Trinity Bay.
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Houston
UPI
Houston Loentin & Power
William PD Ruckelshaus
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Army Corps of Bogneers
Baytown
Cedar Bayou
Trinity Bay
Power Company
Trinity Bey Hee
Trinity Bey
Big Ones' Controls Stricter
The Price Commission set new rules as the wage price freeze ends. Firms over 100 million in annual sales must notify 30 days before price rises and seek approval. smaller firms can raise prices with published prefreeze lists. Mid tier firms report quarterly. others face random spot checks. Target is average annual price growth no more than 25 percent.
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Corporanorm
Aries
Price Commission
Sunda
Democrats Face Downbeat Outlook From Texas Party
Gov. Preston Smith declares Texas Democrats usually win and 1972 will follow suit while Gen. Ben Barnes counters that the party is cratered and in decline. The lieutenant governor proposes ethics reforms and a stronger ethics code as the party seeks a path forward.
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Ben Barnes
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