Governor Upset By Donations
Governor Preston Smith says he did not realize he accepted illegal campaign contributions from corporations and will return all such donations. He signed a statement listing 812 812 dollars in contributions for re election from firms including Neuhouse and Taylor Union Oil T Cattle Co B&W Finance Interstate Highway Signs Turk Brothers AVCO Personnel and others. He issued the statement from Temple after a physical exam and called the gifts mistakes that slipped through and will be returned.
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Austin
Tex
UPI
Preston Smith
Smith
San Antonio
King
AVCO
Temple
Appreciation Fete for Yarborough Set in Austin
United States Senator Ralph W. Yarborough is to be honored at a 7 p.m. December 15 1970 Homecoming Bien venga Texas Appreciation Dinner in the Austin Municipal Auditorium. Austin attorney Creekmore Fath chairs the event for Friends of Ralph Yarborough Los Amigos de Ralph Yarborough with Governor Preston Smith as honorary chairman and Edward Clark as active sponsor chair. Tickets are 5 dollars each from the sponsors at P O Box 1000 Austin Texas 78767. Fath expects an overflow crowd as the first such function in Austin for Yarborough in over seven years.
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United States
Ralph W. Yarborough
Texas
Austin Municipal Auditorium
Austin
Creekmore Fath
Friends of
Ralph Yarborough
Los Amigos de
Fath
Tat
Preston Smith
Edward Clark
Cuero area reaches $8726 in United Fund drive
Cuero area citizens and business firms contributed 8726 to the 1971 United Fund campaign by 5 p.m. Monday. Campaign chairman Jack Howerton said 169 had been added over the weekend and 79 percent of the 11 000 quota had been raised. Gifts included 39 donations of 100 or more, 26 between 50 and 75, and 61 under 50. Daily pledges of 227 are needed to meet the target by Thanksgiving or 151 daily to finish by December 1.
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Cuero Area
United Fund
Jack Howerton
Howerton
Cit
Cuero United Fund
Adickes
Ralph Egg
Meryesville
Arthur Schodde
North Hunt Street
Schodde
Carroll Cook
Morgan
Photos Sought Of Servicemen In DeWitt County Board
An appeal to collect pictures of DeWitt County servicemen for the county courthouse bulletin board is led by Mrs. Jesse Stone and started with Mrs. Merle Baker in 1968. About 127 photos already display, with deceased veterans marked by a gold star.
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Jesse Stone
Stone
Bert Kirk
Bentsen vows independent, moderate Senate role
Senator elect Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr pledged to be an independent voice in Congress upon convening in January. He said he aims for a moderate, unifying stance and met Senate Majority Leader Mansfield and President Nixon to discuss collaboration with both parties.
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Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr
Congress
Bentsen
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Bush and Bentsen campaign spending compared
Financial statements filed with the Secretary of State show Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr spent 458000 dollars to defeat George Bush in the November election while his primary spending was 572580 dollars. Bush spent 825305 dollars overall and 79 cents per vote. Bush's outlays include 800206 dollars in contributions and loans, with several named donors and committees.
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Austin
UPI - Sen
Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr
Bentsen
George Bush
Ralph W. Yarborough
Bush
Ex Cueroites Return Here For Visits
Mrs. Janie Breeden Jones of Saratoga California and Mrs. Eleanor Schleicher Kersey of Houston, both former Cueroites, are back in Cuero for a brief visit with friends and relatives. Mrs. Jones is a daughter of W K Breeden pioneer Cuero grocer and a sister of the late Paul H Breeden. Mrs. Kersey is a daughter of Cuero.
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Janie Breeden Jones
Saratoga
California
Eleanor Schleicher Kersey
Houston
Cuero
Jones
W. K. Breeden
Cuero Grocer
Paul H. Breeden
Kersey
DeWitt County Plans Awards At Courthouse Meeting
The DeWitt County Historical Survey Committee will award individuals and groups at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the county courthouse with Mrs. A. W. Schaffner presiding. Frank Sheppard will present the honors and a Burns Station Cemetery Texas marker plan is slated.
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DeWitt County
Post Office Burglary Attempt Reported in Yoakum
Investigators say unknown burglars forced a front door lock at the Yoakum Post Office after 6 p m Saturday but no loot was taken. Postal inspector Ruben Hernandez of Victoria noted the attempt and said it was discovered later that night by a night watchman.
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Yoakum
Ruben Hernandez
Victoria
Hernandez
Rumors Buzz Bush After Senate Loss
Rep. George Bush of Texas reacted coolly to widespread chatter linking him to top posts in the Nixon administration. He dismissed the rumors as light speculation and declined to discuss possibilities such as Interior Treasury Commerce space agency or party leadership.
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Washington
UPI
George Bush
R-Tex
Senate
Nixon
Bush
Interior, Treasury and
Commerce
Space Agency
Republican Party
Cueroite Honored At Training Post
Army Private Clifford D. Parker of Cuero Texas received the Outstanding Trainee of the Cycle honor at basic training graduation exercises at Fort Jackson South Carolina Brigadier General Gordon J Duquemin presented the award Parker 22 a Cuero High School 1966 graduate attended the University of Texas in Austin before enlistment his wife Sandra O Neal of Smiley Texas lives in Austin Texas
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FT. Jackson
S.C
Clifford D. Parker
Jesse C. Parker
Moss Lane
Cuero
Texas
Gordon J. Duquemin
Parker
Cuere High School
Cuers
University of Texas In
Austin
theeiVh
Sandra O’neal
Smiley, Texas
Gunther St
Clifford Parker
Fort Jackson
8. C
Community Fund Quota Reaches 8726 Dollars To Date
A long list shows many local donors pledging to the United Fund, totaling 8726 dollars so far. Individuals, businesses, and organizations from Cuero and area, including Cuero Record, Allied Mills, S. W. Bell Tel, and Cuero Oil Mill, contribute varied amounts toward the campaign. The appeal continues with hopes for reaching the full quota.
Correction omits Mary Kay Stimson from high school list
The article notes Mary Kay Stimson was accidentally left off the gilt-edge list of sophomore high school students in Sundays Record. Her name apparently was missing from the copy provided by the high school.
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Mary Kay Stimson
DeWitt County Oil and Gas Industry Ranked 93rd in State
The 1969 DeWitt County oil and gas sector produced 1 482 775 barrels of crude oil valued at 4 758 588 and 46 915 322 thousand cubic feet of natural gas valued at 6 427 299 for a total economic value of 11 185 987. County employment totaled 108 with payrolls of 370 696 and 17 wildcats drilled with 14 dry holes.
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DeWitt County
Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association
Texas
U.S. Bureau of Mines Statistics
Kenneth F. Montague
Association
Middle East
Ira Rinehardt
Oil and Gas Journal
Texas Employment Commission
Prisoners break into Maidstone Jail canteen for cigarettes
Prisoners at Maidstone Jail used a saw to cut through bars and escape with cigarettes and tobacco valued at about 240 dollars.
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Maidstone
England
UPI
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Neuhouse & Taylor
Union Oil
T. Cattle Co
Fort Worth
SCC
B&w Finance
Tyler
Interstate Highway Signs
Denton
Turk Brothers Co
Hous
Yarborough
Blake Muir
Cuero High
D. H. Muir
Cheapside
Blake
Blake Alexander Ranch
D. L. Prentice
Sen
Secretary of State
E. W. Brown Jr
Orange
Paul J. Meyer Sr
Waco
J. J. Moran
Cueroites
Cueroite
Buchel Bank & Trust
Farmers State Bank
Cuero Federal S&l
Graham Hamilton
LeRoy Hamilton
Weber Motor Co
Stimson Furniture Co
Freund Funeral Home
Nielsen 7-Up Boil Co
Klecka - Center Pharmacy
Erna B. Koehler
Bert Kirk Jr
Duckett Motor Co
Cuero Record
Ark-La Gas Co
S.W. Bell Tel. Co
Frank B
Sheppard
Koenig's
Coca . Cola Bottling Co
Cuero Oil Mill
Alfred Friar
J. Carter Thomas
Surface Burial Vault Co
Charles Tubbs
Emil Penner
J. Cohn and Family
Reiffert Blackwell
Reuss Drug Store
Lester Frers Jeweler
A. J. Engbrock
George W. Trowell
J. C. Penney Co
Ben Franklin
Leslie Motor Co
Howard Green
John - Lois Wheeler
Howard Kleinecke
Gay Implement Co
White's Auto Store
Chisholmer's Western Wear
Charles L. Lucas
Allied Mills, Inc
Allied Mills
Union Carbide
M. H. Leslie Oil Co
N. M. Crain
Means Furniture Co
Dietze Electric Co
Lawrence Tiffin
A. E. Marquis
Lott Taylor
Kate Thompson
Bonnie Buenger
Church Women United
VFW Post
Boysen’s Super Market
T. OQ. Buchel
Arthur Koehler
Raymond Cook
Tops of
Cuero Group
Rialto Theatre
Glenn Sigmund
Western Auto Store
Friend No
Dave Weber
Edwin Blackwell
James J. Peyton
Meyersville H.E. Club
Bohne Boot Shop
Jim Stone
George A. Olson
Herman Michaels
F. P. Schaefer
F. Myron Bass
H. E. Michaels
O. E. Hall Jr
A. C. Ater
A. W. Smith
Dewey & Vallie Schorre
Marion Weber
A. W. Schaffner
O. A. & Cleo Zimmerman
Bowen Distributing Co
Fain McDougal
Ed DeLeon
Breeden, Dornbluth & Fischer Agency
Bell & Cwa
Ideal Roofing Co
Green DeWitt Club S
Robert J. Pickens
Cuero Ind
Steen Distributing Co
Herman Schaefer
Louis Schorre
Hawthorne Club
J. B. McAlister
Jack T. Wallis
Felix Hiller
Pat
Cathy Laake
J. M. Mayer
Paul B. Kulawsk
W. Duero Young Homemakers
Adele Jackson
Wayne Wolf
CDIS
Mary Kay
DeWitt
U.S. Army
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