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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1972
Page
1
Gary Cooper, age ten, rode Lady Bug at halter to a third place at the Victoria Horse Show on Sunday. This 4-H project is his third trophy, and he is the son of Mr and Mrs Darryl Cooper.
City Council screens a proposed sanitation rate rise from $1.25 to $2 with a future commercial rate increase to be set later. Current residential rates start at $1.50 plus tonnage and pickups. The last residential hike was in 1957 as the sanitation department has operated at a loss, about $8,000 last year.
Cuero Chamber of Commerce directors outlined a nine division program for 1972 73 including membership civic agriculture industrial publicity governmental sports retail traffic and highways. A VIP committee will be led by Mayor Jack Edgar. The chamber will mail committee preferences and publish a membership directory. Council weighs sanitation rate changes to fund a landfill and keep service, with city officials noting costs and low current rates.
October 6 is the final deadline to register for the November election. Eligible residents may register weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the tax assessor-collector’s office in the De Witt County Courthouse. The notice urges unregistered voters to act by 5 p.m. October 6.
Tickets are available at headquarters 212 N Gonzales from 8 30 a m to 6 p m Monday through Saturday for Centennial tickets only. For other items the office hours are 8 30 a m to noon and 1 5 p m Monday through Friday with noon hour and Saturday closure.
The Toys for Tots plan was organized at a welfare luncheon at the Sands restaurant. Reverend H. A. Hanson was elected chairman and named Mrs. Nathan Garrett and Jack Hartsell as assistants from the Young Homemakers club and the Jaycees respectively.
District choir auditions at El Campo High School selected 20 students per section for regional tryouts on November 4. Cuero High School had 32 participants with 11 earning district choir placements.
The centennial dress contest for Cuero Centennial and Turkey Trot runs Oct 20 to 23. It will be held Oct 22 at 1 p.m. on Stage One at Main and Esplanade. Contestants enter at Centennial Headquarters 212 Gonzales St and may obtain dresses at the Turkey Trot office on Gonzales St.
The combined tax offices of the City of Cuero and the Cuero Independent School District are located at City Hall. Taxpayers are urged to pay city or school taxes there, as some have mistakenly gone to the school district's administrative offices for tax payments.
Washington bill to require presidential approval for American travel to North Vietnam or any armed conflict nation fails narrowly in the House. McGovern edges up in a poll while Nixon holds a strong lead amid Soviet talks. Belfast IRA warns of reprisal jeopardizing truce. Copenhagen voters back EC entry referendum. Wilson reemerges at Labour convention with pivotal speech. House approves anti hijacking legislation giving Nixon power to suspend US air service with offending nations.
The NBS explains atomic clocks aboard jets measure time accurately using atomic vibrations. They compare American and Paris time scales yearly to keep differences under 1000 microseconds, with recent checks showing under 150 microseconds and improvements since. Trips to Paris bring physicists and portable clocks for precise cross checks.
Portable clocks ride in the first class section and can be plugged into the aircraft power system. If seated beside one, ask it what time it is. The clock-sitting physicist may answer, but the time should be exact.
Landowners in Subdivision 4 will vote for a five year director at Turner Hall starting 8:00 p.m. The election, led by Orval Wright, also features a program on Farm Income Tax Management by Don Parks of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service.
The Communications Post elected officers including President David Tiffin and Vice President Virginia Ryan. New roles include Secretary-Treasurer Gavilyn Brown Reporter Irma Orozco Program Chairman Jimmie Neil Rockley Transportation Chairman Michael Kuecker. Special guests Don Albrecht Gordon Hardin and Mr and Mrs Tiffin attended. Plans were made to attend the Lost Pine Camp Reservation in Bastrop on October 7.
Sunny to partly cloudy and cooler with highs in the mid 80s and lows in the mid 60s. Forecast covers Cuero Yoakum and Yorktown, indicating pleasant daytime warmth and mild nights.
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