Letter from Record publisher touts Bush as honest leader
The Record prints publisher Jack Howerton’s letter to Jim Allison expressing undecided support in the Texas US Senate race. He argues George Bush is the stronger choice, cites Bush’s leadership on Ways and Means, and warns against Lloyd Bentsen’s shifts, projecting Bush as a future president for Texas.
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The
Record
Jack Howerton
Jim Allison
Republican National Committee
George Bush
Lloyd Bentsen
United States
Texas
Mr. Bentsen
Ralph Yarborough
George
Bentsen
Teamsters Union
United States Senate
Kennedy, McGovern, Humphrey
Senate
Ways and Means
House
Benefit Sale Slated Here for Bluebonnet Youth Ranch
W C Bowman of Yaokum and County Judge George Trowell announce a benefit sale at the Cuero Live stock Commission sale to aid the Bluebonnet Youth Ranch. Donations of cash or animals are tax deductible and welcome from livestock owners.
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Bluebonnet
Cuero Livestock Commission
W. C. Bowman
Yoakum
George Trowell
Bowman
Hallettsville
Judge Trowell
Textile mill talks continue on Lone Star Textiles reopening
The Record reports negotiations continue toward a possible re opening of Lone Star Textiles Cuero mill under new ownership by year end. Bankruptcy proceedings closed the Cuero plant on July 17 with Robert DeWitt named permanent trustee and Cuero Industrial Foundation holding title to the mill building on Frederick William Street.
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Lone Star Textiles
Cuero Mill
Otto E. Goeddecke
Hallettsville
Arthur L. Miller
U. S. District Court
Southern District of Texas
Houston
Robert DeWitt
Milig, Brill and DeWitt
DeWitt
Cuero
Cuero Industrial Foundation
Frederick William Street
Cuero Weavers Inc
Directors Named by De Witt County Farm Bureau
Four new directors were elected for three year terms at the De Witt County Farm Bureau annual meeting. Winners are Archie Hoehne and Charles Parker of Cuero and Carl Adix and Melvin Straube of Yorktown. Five delegates to the state convention in Fort Worth were elected and Hugo Rathkamp of Yoakum was named alternate. Wayne Little of Waco, a state Farm Bureau director, was guest speaker. The board will elect officers for 1970 71 at a November 2 meeting.
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de Witt County Farm Bureau
Archie Hoehne
Charles Parker
Cuero
Car Adix
Melvin Straube
Yorktown
Fred Diebel
Meyersville
Jake Parker
Roland Maechest
Herbert Hahn
Fort Worth
Armin Wolf
Hoehne
Emil Buchhorn Sr
Erwin Moritz
Dennis Schlinke
Nordheim
Hugo Rathkamp
Yoakum
Wayne Little
Waco
State Farm Bureau Organization
Little
Schlinke
Cuero City Council set to vote on phone rate hike
Cuero council to give final reading to a new Southwestern Bell rate ordinance and review a 1969 70 budget revision at a 545 p m meeting Also on the agenda bids for vehicles aerial entropy sewer pipe liability insurance and library matters are to be discussed The session also addresses former police chief Hogue dismissal protests and city manager hiring authority
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Southwestern Bell
Cuero
Richard Hogue
Wil Cockrell
Hovue
Cockrell
Hogue
Oo Heston Street
Yeanr
Bentsen to Speak in Cuero and Yorktown Saturday
Former U S Senate candidate Lloyd Bentsen will visit Cuero arriving at 11 a.m. at Cuero Airport. He will speak at Cuero Municipal Park Clubhouse and greet residents, then travel to Yorktown for lunch and a speech before the Western Days parade.
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Lloyd Bentsen
U.S. Senate
Ralph Yarborough
Cuero
Yorktown
Bentsen
Homer Blanton
DeWitt County
Valley
Houston Insurance
Cuero Municipal Park
Cueroites
Blanton
Abraham
Chick) Karen
Laredo
Bill Patman
Ganado
Tim von Dohlen
Goliad
Joe Wyatt
Victoria
Cuero Bentsen
Yorktown Western Days Kicks Off With Queen Contest
The four day event in Yorktown features rodeo performances, beauty contests, parades and exhibits. It opens with a queen contest and coronation at 7 30 p m in the Yorktown High School Auditorium followed by a Community Hall dance. Fridays program centers on a Yorktown versus Blooming game.
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Yorktown
Yortown High School
Blooming
Texas voters weigh censure on judges in November
Editorial note outlines seven proposed constitutional amendments. The first asks voters to approve extending the State Judicial Qualifications Commission to cover county and municipal judges and justices of the peace, with authority to recommend removal for misconduct or disability.
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Texas
THE
Peaace
State
Judicial Qualifications Commission
Supreme Court of Texas
Gibson Re-Elected Council President In Golden Crescent
Victoria Mayor Harry Gibson was re elected president of the Golden Crescent Council of Governments at the general assembly. The group adopted a 1971 fiscal year budget of 79391 and elected officers including Wilburn Oehlke Charles Carsner Herbert Davis George Trowell Ken Adams Robert Kubena Sam Seale Bill Sparks and Harris Marr among others. The meeting drew more than 130 participants and featured remarks on moving forward after three years of foundation building.
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Victoria
Harry Gibson
Yoakum
Golden Crescent Council of Governments
Gibson
Wilburn Oehlke
Port Lavaca
Charles Carsner
Herbert Davis
Edna
George Trowell
DeWitt County
Ken Adams
Cuero
Robert Kubena
Hallett-sville
Sam Seale
Jackson County
Bill Sparks
Victoria County
Robert Campbell
Victoria Independent School District
Kerry McCan
Victoria County Soil and Water Conservation District
Thomas A. Garner Jr
Judge Trowell joins statewide panel on mentally retarded programs
DeWitt County Judge George W. Trowell is among 20 Texas county judges chosen to advise on county program roles for the mentally retarded. He will attend a two day workshop in Austin on October 21 23 with state and national authorities including Dr. David Wade and Dr. Phil Roos.
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DeWitt
George W. Trowell
Texas
Austin
Trowell
David Wade
Phil Roos
National Association For Retarded Children
Baltimore Leading Reds In Six Innings
The Orioles, leading 4-3 after five innings, push their advantage to 5-3 in the sixth on a Brooks Robinson score on an error. The Orioles hold a 3-0 Series lead over the Cincinnati Reds in the 1970 World Series.
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Baltimore
Reds
Timore Orioles
Brooks Robinson
Fourth Annual Troop 243 Barbecue a Big Hit
Scoutmaster John C. Hamilton reports Troop 243’s fourth annual barbecue supper open house and campfire drew a large crowd. Over 800 meat tickets sold with nearly 700 served at the Scout Hut amid games such as goldfish throw darts archery and a dunking machine. Don Bell displayed Indian arrowheads and artifacts from South Texas and Mexico. Explorer Post 210 Cuero aided parking for guests.
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John C. Hamilton
Boy Scout
Hamilton
Don Bell
South Texas
Mexico
Explorer Post 210
Cuero
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Allison
Jack
Clinton
Tex
Farm Bureau
United Fund
Drive
Cuero United Fund
P. O. Box
H.E.B. Food Store
Coppedge Tire Service
Crescent Valley Creamery
Robt. B. Baldwin
D. M. Stiles
Cuero Foodcraft Store
Carl
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
D. L. Prentice
Cincinnati Reds
Orioles
Cincinnati
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