Sea Horse Motel guests in Cuero on court business
Polliwogs Howard and Marie Green stay at The Sea Horse Motel in Cuero awaiting the Cuero record mail. He is in town on court business until December 1. They are glad to return home for December. Congratulations to the David Callihams on the birth of Stephenie Kay. Grandparents Dick and Bob Bishop beam with pride. Mrs. H. B. Montgomery of Beaumont, former Cuero school faculty member, notes historic church figures and mails Episcopal cookbooks to relatives in Houston and Austin. A local committee will select school books for Texas schools, while some still have a choice. Mrs. Rudolph Demmer returns from Corpus Christi. mentions family visits and Gary Schultz at UT. T. O. Buchel and family return from Houston. Lott and Nesta Taylor pick up nearly a hundred pounds of pecans for Christmas packages. Birthday wishes go to Orita Morrison, Hanna Wallace, Evelyn M Cobb. congratulations to Rudy Perez. A day of reflection closes with a Eugene Field quote on goodbyes.
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Howard
Marie Green
Galveston
Seahorse
H. B. Montgomery
Beaumont
Cuero
Grace Episcopal Church
Tom Smith
James Norman Smith
First Presbyterian Church, Cuero
Episcopal
Ann Gibson
Houston
Charles A. Sumners
Austin
Thomas W. Sumners
Troop 242 Wins Top Honors at Cuero Campout
Troop 242 Cuero sponsored by Rawhide Riders Association earned overall top honors at an advancement campout hosted by The Live Oak District. The weekend event drew 15 scout troops with 160 boys and 30 adult scouters from the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero
Rawhide Riders Association
Live Oak
Kissinger’s Whereabouts Shrouded by Secrecy at Camp David
President Nixon and Henry Kissinger met at Camp David amid Vietnam peace talks as Hanoi moved Le Duc Tho to Paris. Kissinger’s exact location remained unclear with officials declining to confirm travel plans or return to Washington.
Turkey Trot Draws Millions On CBS On The Road
Cuero celebrated its Centennial with a Turkey Trot parade drawing an estimated 40 million viewers on CBS News On the Road segment. The feature included J D Bramlette Jr interviews and scenes of the fiddlers contest the Muti hotel and downtown Cuero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero
Walter Cronkite
CBS
Charles Kuralt
Kuralt
J. D. Bramlette, Jr
Merchants Continue Cuero Centennial Trot Souvenir Sales
Local merchants will keep selling Cuero Centennial and Turkey Trot souvenirs including books mugs bottles coins plates and T-shirts. Stores already offering items are Lester Freis Jeweler Keesler's Smart Shop Reuss Pharmacy and the Epergne with collector value expected as publicity remains strong nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Chamber of Commerce
Lester Freis Jeweler
Keesler's
Smart Shop
Reuss Pharmacy
Epergne
Area Citizens In An Uproar Over Proposed Tax Guidelines
About 70 area residents gathered in DeWitt County to press commissioners on 1973 tax guidelines proposed by the DeWitt County Taxpayers League. Spokesman Carlton Miller urged lower land appraisals, citing a $120 per acre value for farmland and $60 for brush land, warning higher values would shift taxes to city residents and schools.
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DeWitt County
DeWitt County Taxpayers League
Yorktown
Carlton Miller
Miller
Choice Land
The
Taxpayers League
Commissioners Court
North Vietnamese Leader Heads to Paris Talksmed
North Vietnamese politburo member Le Duc Tho left Hanoi for Paris to resume cease fire negotiations with the United States. Hanoi warned that delays by the U S side could lead to continued and intensified fighting. A spokesman noted Kissinger’s talks in Paris previously produced a nine point peace program that Washington did not sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
le Duc Tho
Hanoi
Paris
United States
Radio Hanoi
U.S
Democratic Republic of
North
Tho
Moscow
Peace mission report and world tension update
Undated White House envoy reports to President Nixon on Asia peace obstacles. Brezhnev accuses US of blocking peace at the 11th hour. Saigon Washington friction delays progress toward accord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Nixon
Indochina
Moscow
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
United States
Saigon
Washington
Contest Proposed For Meaning Of Class By Dick West
A UPI report notes a beer sponsor's contest seeks 25 word definitions of class and five nominations for 1972 class honors, plus five for all time laurels. Tex McCrary essays various witty class views, naming Garbo Truman Robinson Murrow Churchill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Tex McCrary
Greta Garbo
Bess Truman
Sugar Ray Robinson
Ed Murrow
Winston Churchill
Bus To San Antonio For Cuero Uvalde Game Details
A charter bus will run Friday night to the Cuero versus Uvalde football game in San Antonio if enough interest. Eight people have signed up. at least 33 are needed. Round trip fare is about $6. Contact the Chamber of Commerce office by Wednesday at 4 p.m.
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San Antonio
Cuero
Uvalde
Dewey Henderson
Chamber of Commerce
Henderson
Chamber
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Catia
Polliwogs
David Callihams
Stephenie Kay
Bob Bishop
Public Schools of
Texas
Rudolph Demmer
Corpus Christi
Charles Garrett
W. C. Schultz
Gary Schultz
University of Texas
Mrs. T. O. Buchel
Mrs
T. O. Buchel, Jr
Lott
Nesta Taylor
Cueroiles
Orita Morrison
Hanna Wallace
Evelyn M Cobb
Rudy Perez
Eugene Field
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Maryland
Bruce Whelihan
Whelihan
Camp David
Haig
Gerald L. Warren
Ronald L. Ziegler
Record
Louise G. Colon
Cronkite
Channel 5
Vic Olenius
News
VFW Post
A. W. Schaffner
Dave Weber
Bonnie Buenger
Precinct 4
North Viets
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Pham Dang Lam
Davenport
Iowa
Mississippi River
New York
Plains
Midwest
Europe
DEMOS
Jean Westwood
Central Highlands
Stockton
Calif
Ulster
Belfast
Northern Ireland
IRA
By Dick West
McCrary
U.S. Coast Guard
Nostradamus
Cassandra
Tiresias
Theban
George Gallup
Jimmy
Pliny the Younger
Orville Jackson
William L. Taub
Jimmy Hoffa
Helga R. Hughes
Dita Beard
ITT
Interoffice
John D. Lavelle
Millard Fillmore
Nelson Eddy
Ted Fio Rito
Edgar A. Guest
Horatio Alger
Yoakum
Reuss’ Pharmacy
N. Esplanade
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