Local residents share Centenial preparations and family news
Polliwogs Ruth and Truman Wharton plan to settle back home after summer coastal travel and Tem ple visits for his ill mother. Sam Morrow enjoys fall weather but fears winter chores. Dollie Nielsen laments missing Centennial guests due to Monday October 23rd holiday. Okra and green beans arrive at McClung Grocery. Ann Cusack returns from Houston visits with Charlie. Mrs W W White improves in Cuero nursing facilities after hospital stay. Fritz Koehler praises bourbon flavored pipe tobacco. Fred Hansen and associates renovate Schorre apartment for Centennial and Turkey Trot guests at North McLeod, hosted by Bonnie Mixon and Lisa Hansen. Birthday wishes to Billy Ryan, Robert Lee Burt, Wes Wallis, and Fern Palmer Lane.
Employment Hits All-Time High 82.2 Million Workers
The September unemployment rate slipped to 5.5 percent as payrolls rose 250000 to a record 82.2 million after seasonal adjustment. The gain widens the gap to June 1971 by about 3.8 million, signaling a continued jobs uptrend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Blackwell Named Cancer Crusade Chair in Cuero
Bill Blackwell named Cancer Crusade Chairman for Cuero by the DeWitt County Unit of the American Cancer Society. A Cuero native, he is a banker and business owner, with ties to University of Texas and Phi Delta Theta. Col. Charles Lucas announced the appointment at a Yorktown meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Blackwell
Cancer Crusade
Cuero
DeWitt County
American Cancer Society
Finley Blackwell
Blackwell
University of Texas
The
Phi
J. M. Massey
Farm Bureau To Elect 4 Directors At DeWitt County Meeting
Four directors will be elected at the DeWitt County Farm Bureau annual meeting on October 1 at 8 p.m. at the American Legion Civic Center. Members will also elect delegates to the state convention and vote on resolutions to be submitted for the Houston convention November 12 to 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt County Farm Bureau
American Legion Civic Center Bureau
Houston
Sanitation rate hike approved by City Council
The council boosted the residential sanitation charge by 75 cents effective immediately, raising the rate from 1.25 to 2.00 and billing changes begin in November. Brush pickup rose to 4.00 per full truck load from 2.00. Cuero officials note the city already has one of the region’s lowest rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Smith
Cuero
Jack Edgar
Council Ok’d Gulf
Mobil
Humble
Arco-Eichholz Oil Co
Last Day to Register Ahead of November Election
October 6 is the final day to register to vote in the upcoming general election. Eligible residents may register this week from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the De Witt County Courthouse office of the tax assessor-collector. The notice urges all unregistered voters to complete registration by 5 p.m. on October 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt County
Mexican Train Crash Near Saltillo Kills Dozens
A Mexican passenger train derailed near Saltillo in Coahuila late Thursday, with initial reports saying as many as 70 people were killed and about 400 injured. Police cited excessive speed as the likely cause.
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Saltillo
Mexico
UPI
Coahuila
Meyersville Honors Roll and A Destructive Train Crash
Meyersville School announces first six weeks honor roll led by Lester G. Flessner with grades listed for second grade. A later report details a pilgrim train wreck with 1 564 passengers, seven derailed cars and fires, yielding rising casualties and an engineer detained after initial findings of excessive speed.
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Meyersville
Lester G. Flessner
Michael Wolf
Karen
Genaro Gutierrez Davila
State Judicial Police
Gutierrez Davila
Melchor Sanchez Barrera
News In Brief politics and labor clashes across Washington
Sen George McGovern calls the administrations wage price program a flop while Nixon campaign aides accuse him of shrill personal attacks. AFL CIO leader Meany urged staying neutral amid labor debate on the race. Senate votes to drop universal health care aim by 1977. Saigon reports heavy B52 raids as Vietcong increase attacks. UN secretary Rogers hosts China’s vice foreign minister at a rare dinner described as pleasant. London Times notes possible US North Vietnam agreement on ending the war. Belfast bomb blast at a pub kills one and injures 30. House defeats highway funds shift to urban mass transit.
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Sen
George McGovern
Nixon
LABOR
Washington
Organized Labor
Butchers Union
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Centennial Caravan To Tour Cuero Area Towns
Cuero prepares a Centennial Caravan to publicize Cuero’s 100th birthday with three groups visiting numerous area cities. Co chairs Robert Post and Glenn Portis organize routes with literature and costumes. Caravans depart Saturday and Oct 14 heading east northwest and south to towns including Thomaston Guadalupe DaCosta Port Lavaca Victoria Shiner Moulton Flatonia and Yorktown.
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Cuero
Robert Post
Glenn Portis
C. L Duckett
Cuero Group
Thomaston
Nursery
Guadalupe
DaCosta
Placebo
Port Lavaca
Point Comfort
Victoria
Shiner
Moulton
Flatonia
Schuienburg
la Grange
Hallettsville
Yoakum
Meyersville
Weser
Goliad
Refugio
Woodsboro
Beeville
Kenedy
Karnes City
Runge
Nordheim
Yorktown
Jack Calk
Gene Grafe
John Richards
Don Polzin
DeWitt County ASC Voter List Updated for Committee Elections
Voter lists for ASC farmer committee elections at the DeWitt County ASCS office in Cuero Texas are open for inspection. Eligible producers may add names to the roll by December 1, 1972. Spouses of eligible voters may also vote.
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ASC
Farmer Committee
DeWitt County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Lee Pargmann
DeWitt County
E. Church
Cuero
Texas
A Good Athlete Is Not Always Healthy
Doctors in several countries warn that athletic prowess does not prove health. Australian tests found big muscles do not guarantee cardio-respiratory fitness, while Vienna notes rising heart attacks among young skiers and Britain reports early knee arthritis in soccer players. Experts say unfitness raises injury risk and that high sports performance is not proof of health.
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London
UPI
Australia
Vienna
Britain
Prof. Prokop
National Committee On Sports Medicine
Brian Curtin
Tottenham Hotspur
Cyprus
Weather outlook for Cuero Yoakum and Yorktown
Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and a cooler night ahead. Rain probability around 20 percent. Temperatures expected with a high near 90 and a low in the upper 60s for Cuero Yoakum and Yorktown.
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Cuero, Yoakum
York Hownh
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Polliwogs
Ruth
Truman Wharton
Temple
New Braunfels
Sam Morrow
Dollie Nielsen
McClung Grocery
Ann Cusack
Charlie
Conrad & Tarkington
W. W. White
Cuero Community Hospital
Fritz Koehler
Fred Hansen
Ed Mixon
Charlotte
Ellyce
Schorre
North McLeod
Bonnie Mixon
Lisa Hansen
Billy Ryan
Robert Lee Burt
Wes Wallis
Fern Palmer Lane
San Marcos
Cuero Chamber of Commerce
Little Miss Cuero Kim Kuecker
Laurie Rath
Claudius Green
George S. McGovern
Farm Bureau
Senate
Congress
America
Saigon
South Vietnam
Rogers
United Nations
William P Rogers
China
Chiao Kuanhua
TIMES
London Times
United States
North Vietnam
Ulster
Belfast
House
By Robert Musel
Medical News Tribune
J. Sutton
Brian Corrigan
Sports Medicine Federation
Relss
N. Esplanade
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