Polliwogs reminisce on TV sets and Thanksgiving travels
Last evening on 60 Minutes the razing of MGM sets sparked a Cuero reminiscence of a studio visit. The column lists Thanksgiving trips with family, friends, and notable mentions including Herbert Sames's illness, Lawrence Cook, Elizabeth, and many Cuero residents traveling to Austin Victoria Houston and Tulsa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MGM
Roosevelt Hotel
L.A
Dinty
Pettus Moore
March Field
Cuero Grad Receives Bronze Star at Fort Sam Houston
Cuero High School 1967 graduate Charles E. Holman 24 of Westhoff Texas earned the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service while serving as Staff Aviation Clerk and Chief Clerk in the Plans and Operations Division with the U S Army Health Services Group Vietnam His award followed extended service and outstanding achievement at Fort Sam Houston Texas He also holds the Joint Service Commendation Medal and currently serves as administrative specialist with Company A 3rd Battalion School Brigade at Brooke Army Medical Center Br Sam Houston Texas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Holman
Benner Holman Jr
Westhoff
Tex
Ft. Sam Houston
Spec. Holman
U. S. Army Health Services Group
Vietnam
U.S. Army Medical Field Service School
Brook Army Medical Center
Fr. Sam Houston
Cuero High School
Pilots Club Reschedules Meeting Date
The Cuero Pilots Club meeting set for November 28 is cancelled. It will instead meet Thursday November 30 at the regular time at the Doll House Restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilots Club
Cuero Pilots Club
Paul McChesney
Doll House
Prayer Service at Grace Church Planned with Rev Dunham
Evening prayer service will be held Wednesday at 6 30 at Grace Episcopal Church led by the Reverend John Dunham of Brownsville according to Ed Pat Mixon Senior Warden Also a supper plans noted on Prayer page 3
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Episcopal Church
John Dunham
Brownsville
Ed Pat Mixon
Cuero Christmas Lighting Contest Open for Entries
Cuero Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a two category contest with prizes from the city. Residential prizes cover best outdoor lighting scene and best window decoration with first through third places plus honorable mention. Commercial category awards a single best decorated business. Registration ends December 14 at the chamber. Judging December 15 to 17 by the Garden Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero
Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Dewey Henderson
Cuero Business
Cuero Garden Club
Henderson
Defensive Driver Class Offered At Cuero High
Cuero High School hosts a defensive driving course in partnership with the Texas Association of Insurance Agents of Cuero District Five. Four two hour sessions run Nov 30 Dec 7 12 and 19 at 7 p.m. in Room 13 with a $10 total fee and 25 pupil limit. Successful completion yields a 10 percent auto insurance reduction for three years. A second session is planned for Jan 4 11 16 and 25 with registration via Conrad-Tarkington Insurance Agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero High School
Texas Association of Insurance Agents of
Cuero
Jim Conrad
Conrad-Tarkington Insurance Agency
Cuero High
Conrad
De-Go-La Project Nears Completion
De Go La RC D and Development Project plan nears completion with Carl Wood presenting to the executive board on November 21 in DeWitt County Court house. Sponsors are DeWitt Gonzales and Lavaca Counties with federal cost share talks and flood control recreation and economic improvement planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
De-Go-La
Go-La
Carl Wood
DeWitt County
Wood
Rc&d
County Commissioners Courts
Soil Conservation District Boards
DeWitt
Gonzales
Lavaca
Heinie Bade
Cuero
Trowell
Vallentine
Mullins
Hallettsville
Gibson
Yoakum
Soil Conservation Service
Frank Sprague
H. C. McDonald
Oliver Killough
Gulf Coast Wood Products Gets $32000 Building Permit
A $32,000 permit was issued today to Clete Einster, president of Gulf Coast Wood Products, for a new steel building beside the Gulf Coast complex on Railroad Street. The 80 by 125 foot structure will mirror the design of existing Gulf Coast buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clete Einster
Gulf Coast Wood Products
Gulf Coast
Railroad Street
Senate Subgroup Seeks Hanoi POW Camp Tour
A Senate refugee subcommittee led by Sen. Edward M Kennedy plans a nine member delegation to Indochina including three staffers five doctors and a Travelers Aid representative. Six would visit North Vietnam and three go to southern countries to obtain firsthand information on American POWs and refugees. Negotiations with Secretary of State Rogers may delay the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Hanoi
Kennedy
North Vietnam
William P Rogers
Subcommittee
Indochina
Travelers Aid Organization
Congressional
Dale Dehaan
Sen
Edward Kennedy
U.S
Deaths Will Surpass 700 For Holiday
United Press International reports the four day Thanksgiving period closed with over 600 traffic deaths and a final tally expected today. The National Safety Council had projected 580 to 680 fatalities and up to 30 000 disabling injuries during the 102 hour span that began Wednesday at 6 p.m. local time. A UP I count at 4 a.m. EST confirmed at least 616 deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
National Safety Council
Safety Council
Peace talks and Vietnam updates across several fronts
Nixon meets Kissinger for the third time on peace talks. Bunker visits Thieu in Saigon as Paris negotiations proceed. Indonesia offers troops to monitor a cease fire. Bombing resumes on suspected supply points in North Vietnam. Kennedy seeks a Hanoi information team on prisoners and refugees. Navajo leader cites despair fueling the BIA protest. Wallace predicts limited mobility but potential 1976 run. Apollo training ends as moon mission nears. Thanksgiving death toll climbs toward 700. Irish police guard IRA leader after a rescue attempt warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
Paris
U.S
South Vietnam
Ellsworth C. Bunker
Nguyen van Thieu
Saigon
Indonesia
Vietnam
Dying Romanian poet sees daughter in U S before death
Exiled Romanian poet Vasile Postenca, dying of cancer, fulfilled his wish to see his daughter Doina Vired and her three year old grandson Alexander in Chicago. Postenca, who endured Nazi concentration camp years and exile, died days later after becoming an American citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
Eugene Barsan
Vasile Postenca
Postenca
Alexander
Romania
Buchen
Alexander Bennett
Bennett
Also Mentioned on This Page
Shad
Polliwogs
Herbert Sames
San Angelo
Raymond Cook
Elizabeth
Dorothy
Estelle Evers
Victoria
Coleman Clan
Jane Breeden
Austin
Fielding, Jr
Boots
Carrie May Buchel
Houston
Ann
T. O. Buchel
Lorena Wofford
Binghamton
New York
Cueroite
David E. Luddeke
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Elmer A. Luddeke
Gerald Albrecht
Harry Merritt
Eldon Rudd
Scottsdale
Arizona
Simon Cohn
Rudd
W. Chris Krueger
Texas A&m University
W. C. Krueger
Corps of Cadets
Pat Murphy
Burr Ridge
Illinois
Jo Annie
Cuero Grad
Grace Church
NEW Democratic
Robert McNair
Left
North Carolina
Robert Strauss
Center
Texas
Joseph Crangle
Jean Westwood
McGovernite
Cuero Chamber
Cuero Chamber of Commerce
Cuero Federal Savings and Loans
Panhandle
Camp David
Maryland
New York City
Henry Kissinger
America
Bureau of Indian Affairs
BIA
Wallace
Miami
Ala
George Wallace
Cape Kennedy
Moon
Ulster
Dublin
Irish Republican Army
By Barbara Rehm
Donna
Doina Vired
United States
Reuss’ Pharmacy
Esplanade
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