Polliwogs and Local Arts News From Cuero Area
Community notes cover a first Central Texas AAT French Chapter meeting in San Marcos with panel talks and a U T folk dance program at lunch. Attendance included about 50 teachers and professors from the region. The week features birthdays, library book drives, and visits by Sheila Richards and Merilyn Weber to Yoakum.
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Gertrude McBride
San Marcos
SWSTC
Central Texas
American Association of the Teachers of French
U. of T
Sheila Richards
Merilyn Weber
Yoakum
Yoakum National Bank
Commissioners Eye Preliminary Budget For 1973
DeWitt County Commissioners will discuss the 1973 preliminary budget at the regular meeting Wednesday at 9 a.m. in the county courthouse. Items include amendments to the 1972 budget, a FM Road in Precinct, a Cuero DeWitt Health Unit proposal, and approval to destroy paid off bonds.
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DeWitt County
Lawrence Henneke
Gilbert Koopman
Cuero-DeWitt County Health Unit
Honor Set For Former Cueroite Leonard F McCollum
Leonard F McCollum of Houston retired chairman of the board of Continental Oil Co will receive the American Petroleum Institute Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement The medal presentation will be held on Tuesday November 14 at the API annual event See Honor Page 3
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American Petroleum Institute
Leonard F. McCollum
Houston
Continental Oil Co
API
Veterans Memorial Service Held Here
The memorial service on November 11, led by Rev. C. Rogers McLane of First Presbyterian, honored veterans at the War Dead Monument on the DeWitt County Courthouse lawn. Rev. Harvey Rongers gave the prayer. Flag details and taps were performed by local servicemen and Cuero High School students.
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C. Rogers McLane
McLane
First Presbyterian Church
VFW Post
American Legion Winter Post 3
DeWitt County
Harvey Rongers
St. John’s Lutheran
Westhoff
Lindenau
Bill Barfield
E. C. Buchhorn
Brown McClung
Cuero High School
Otis Carpenter
Wilfred Peters
Louis Grunder
Open Hearing Bid Rejected By Ruling Of Supreme Court
The Supreme Court allowed an early resumption of the Ellsberg Russo trial in Los Angeles for theft of the Pentagon Papers while rejecting a bid for an open hearing on potential fair trial impairment from government eavesdropping. Justice Douglas dissented.
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Supreme Court
Washington
UPI
Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony J. Russo Jr
Los Angeles
Pentagon
William O. Douglas
Justice Department
U.S. District
W. Matt Byrne Jr
9Th US Circuit Court of Appeals
Ellsberg
Douglas
High Court
Russo
Vietnam
Ellisberg
State Board Adopts Controversial Books
In Austin the Texas Board of Education approved a final list of textbooks for next fall. The selection includes 19 titles objected to in the final hearing, including a civics book praising Cesar Chavez over George Washington Carver. Some criticisms about Marilyn Monroe pages versus Washington were dismissed as reasons for dropping other titles.
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Gabler
Miss Monroe
Washington
J. W. Edgar
Edgar
United States
Jaycees plan Toys For Toys drive in Cuero meeting
Cuero Jaycees will meet Tuesday at 8 30 p m in Jaycee Hall to discuss joining the Toys For Toys program. President Jack Hartsell urges donations of toys or cash to fund Christmas toys, noting extra toys help more children. Donors can give cash at Farmers State Bank and Trust Co or Buchel Bank and Trust Co.
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Cuero Jaycees
Jaycee Hall
NYA
Jack Hartsell
Jaycees
Hartsell
Dollie Nielsen
Farmers State Bank and Trust Co
Buchel Bank and Trust Co
Hospital Auxiliary Bazaar Set for Cuero Nov 18
Cuero Community Hospital Auxiliary will hold its annual bazaar on Saturday November 18 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Community Center of Cuero Housing Authority. Proceeds fund hospital projects including landscaping at the new buildings.
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Cuero Community Hospital
City of Cuero
Lias B. Steen
M. Lucilla
Centennial Souvenirs Now On Sale At Chamber
Cuero Chamber of Commerce now sells centennial and Turkey Trot souvenirs. Items include souvenir books coffee mugs soda bottles with creme soda coins bronze and silver plates and Tshirts. Officials urge locals to visit the chamber office to view and purchase. merchandise previously sold by merchants is no longer available.
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Turkey
Chamber of Commerce
C. L. Duckett
Duckett
Chamber Office
Should Be Law Against Giving Kids Sweets By Yudkin
Prof John Yudkin argues for a law restricting sugar given to children and relatives. He claims sugar drives health issues, has a minimal nutritional value, and is pervasive in foods from soups to canned vegetables, noting Western sugar intake has surged in the last century.
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London
UPI
John Yudkin
Britain
Yudkin
Queen Elizabeth College
Weather Outlook for Cuero Yoakum Yorktown
Fair skies and cooler temperatures with northwesterly winds 15 to 25 mph. Highs around the low 70s and lows near the low 50s for Cuero Yoakum and Yorktown.
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Cuero
Yoakum
Yorktown
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Pentagon Papers
Polliwogs
By Polly Howerton
Ken Long
Carlsbad Current Argus
Cuero Record
Carlsbad
Justin
Annie Lee Weatherly
Victoria
Estelle Evers
Yoakum High
Estelle
Annie Lee
Julie Ann Hudgeons
Bitburg
Germany
J. T. Hudgeons
J. B. Hudgeons
Vida Finney
Uncle Sam
Cuero Public Library
Sis Gips
Linda Summers Wagner
Mary Cook
Chicago
Navy
Commissioners Court
Robert Eyhorn
Drainage District No. 1
Mike Kelly
Herbert Ruppert
Alice
Golden Crescent Council of Governments
L. F. McCollum
Cueroite
State Board
Herbert
Ernesta’’ Morganroth
Valumart Pharmacy
Chamber
By Robert Musel
Reuss’ Pharmacy
N. Esplanade
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