Turley Memories and a Letter Reach Across Time
A Baltimore womanwrites of a 1909 Turkey Trot parade seen on Charles Kuralt’s program. She recalls Cuero visits, J D Bramlett as Elk City coach, and a long friendship with his family. The note links ages, marriages, and five sons including two FBI agents.
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Charles Kuralt
Cuero
John Calhoun
Herbert Montgomery
Fayette
Elk City
Oklahoma
Europe
J.D. Bramlett
Brownsville
Texas
J. D
J. D. Bramlette
Walnut Springs
W. S
Okla
Kansas City
Baltimore
Ottawa
Washington
New York
FBI
K. C
Scouts Invited to LBJ Ranch by President Johnson
Fifteen members of Cuero Scout Troop 242 received a personal invitation from Lyndon B Johnson to visit his LBJ Ranch in Johnson City. Scoutmaster John Hamilton, who led the group to the Texas Texas A&M football game, spoke with Johnson along with Rep. Chick Kazen and Rep. Jake Pickle and accepted a Christmas holiday trip. Johnson praised Cuero as a beautiful community during a brief chat.
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Cuero
LBJ
Lyndon Johnson
United States
Austin
Abraham
Chick
Kazen
Johnson
Jake Pickle
John Hamilton
Karen
Hamilton
Johnson City
Parker Receives Saratoga Sailor of the Quarter
Airman Kenneth A. Parker of Cuero Texas has been named Saratoga Sailor of the Quarter in the SM-1 Division aboard the USS Saratoga. He previously earned Sailor of the Month honors in July from Captain J. R. Sanderson.
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Kenneth A. Parker
Jake Parker
Cuero
Saratoga
Parker
Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Dept
J. R. Sanderson
Kissinger To Come Home After Recess Is Called
The Paris Vietnam peace talks recess until December 4 after two hours of talks between Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho. The White House said Kissinger would fly home tonight amid unresolved issues including troop withdrawals and cease fire policing. President Nixon will meet next week with a South Vietnamese representative to clarify Thieu’s position.
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United Press International
Vietnam
Paris
White House
Kissinger
United States
le Duc Tho
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
New York
Nixon
Ronald Ziegler
Ziegler
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Cuero Youth to Receive Eagle Rank
Cuero 15 year old Louis Steven Liendo Jr son of Mr and Mrs Louis Liendo will be advanced to Eagle Scout at a Court of Honor Sunday. The ceremony at 6 p.m. will be in Our Lady of the Guadalupe Parish Hall. Liendo belongs to Troop 244 led by Herb Owen. Holy Name Society sponsors. Earl Wyatt will speak and John Hamilton is master of ceremonies. Lienda attends Cuero High School and is in the Gobbler Band.
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Louis Steven Liendo, Jr
Louis Liendo
Cuero
Our Lady of the Guadalupe Parish
Liendo
Herb Owen
Holy Name Society
Owen
Earl Wyatt
John Hamilton
Lienda
Cuero High School
Gobbler Band
Record To Route Letters To Santa
Children in Cuero and De Witt County can mail letters to Santa at The Cuero Record office 119 East Main Street. A decorated mail box at the front counter invites kids to drop off requests for Christmas presents. each child receives a Christmas sucker and no postage is needed.
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Rick Laake
Cuero
Cuero Record Office
de Witt County
North Pole
Santa Claus
Cuero Record
East Main Street
Santa
Turkey Sale To Fund Cuero Choir Trip
Cuero High School Concert Choir plans a home canvass and downtown booth sale to raise funds for a summer trip. Turkeys from 8 to 10 pounds cost one dollar per pound with a two dollar down payment and balance due on arrival. Delivery in two to three weeks aims for Christmas.
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Cuero High School
Chester Buenning
Fredericksburg
Buenning
Chamber Groups Schedule State Meetings Next Week
Three committees of the Cuero Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture plan meetings for next week. Mrs. L. B. Steen reports the Historical and Restoration Committee will hold its first meeting in November.
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Cuero Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
L. B. Steen
Chamber
Record VIEWS In Brief from Vietnam to Buenos Aires
World brief items note Vietnam B52 raids in 12 waves near North Vietnam as a record 15 missions in a week are approached. A Frankfurt gunman standoff delays a kidnapped stewardess from an Air Canada plane. Nixon enjoys a holiday weekend in New York with leisure activities. Belfast troops cut back in Londonderry amid IRA threat claims. Romney expected to unveil first cabinet change for Nixon's second term. Bombs explode in several Argentinian cities marking new terrorism after Perón’s return. In Washington exiled poet Valerii Vasili holds his last wish with his daughter. A sergeant seeks punitive action over the Lavelle bombing case. Baton Rouge two black students and a Vietnam veteran named to a state commission on student deaths at Southern University.
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Southern
Baton Rouge
Southern University
Cuero Hunter Rescued After Wilderness Search
Seventeen year old Roger Boothe of Cuero went missing while hunting off Stratton Road. He wandered cross country until near Cuero when he found the Victoria Highway and flagged help.
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Roger Boothe
Dietze
Sheriff's Department
Game Department
Victoria
Cuero
Boothe
The Back Was Back-But Not For Long
Washington dispatch notes fashion satire on the 1972 back trend. A humor column recalls designers predicting backs would return, but backs faded as bare legs and busts remained dominant. The piece notes social optics, economy, and shifting norms fueling or hindering back fashion.
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Kim Lnake
Kim
Mrs
Pat
James DeWitt Bramlette
William W. Innes
Maryland
Anne Margaret Montgomery Gipson
Polliwogs
LBJ Ranch
Airman
Ken Parker
Sailor
Turkey
Saigon
Frankfurt
Germany
Air Canada
Ulster
Belfast
Britain
Londonderry
George Romney
Peron
Buenos Aires
la Plata
Cordoba
Comodoro Rivadavia
Juan D. Peron
Posteuca
Chicago
Vasile Postenca
Lavelle
U.S
Air Force
John D. Lavelle
Cuero Hunter
By Dick West
West Boys
Reuss’ Pharmacy
Esplanade
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