State and local issues touch Texas in varied actions
The State THE TEXAS PUBLIC EMPLOYES ASSOCIATION sues Travis County court to halt an Austin employee election seen as prompting unionization across Texas. Officials from TEXAS POWER & LIGHT CO. promise a $6.2 million customer saving through a rate cut. A West Texas business delegation led by House Speaker Bill Clayton plans a New York trip to attract industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Public Employes Association
Travis County
Austin City
TPEA
Texas Power & Light CO
Dallas
Texas
West Texas
Bill Clayton
New York
DeWitt County
Commissioners Court
Garrett Abstract Co
Duckett Motor Co
Zaruba Motor Co
Weber Motor Co
County Law
Watergate Final Report Urges Presidential Indictment Debate
The Nation reports the Watergate Special Prosecution Force urging Congress to decide if an incumbent president is vulnerable to criminal indictment before another scandal. The notes cover Kissinger readiness for summaries, Fed lending up to 99 percent, and policy shifts in agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watergate Special Prosecution Force
Congress
East German military aid pact and Brezhnev health rumors
The article notes East Germany binding military support under a Soviet tied treaty and speculates on Brezhnev health after two unexpected absences in Moscow. It also mentions Pope Paul VI meeting Francisco Gomes, a Basque ETA arrests in Bilbao, Beirut violence, Whitlam budget crisis in Australia, Paris talks on global guidelines, and Peron’s return from health leave with Italo Luder as acting president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Moscow
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Yorktown Western Days Carnival and Rodeo Weekend Schedule
Yorktown hosts Western Days Friday through Sunday with a downtown carnival Friday night featuring an 8:00 p.m. football game against Goliad and a Big Al piano jam session. Saturday offers music by Manns Group and Los Mismos, a Kiddie Parade, a Western Days Parade, tractor pulls, Swingers and high school concerts. Sunday includes another tractor pull and a rodeo at M and M Rodeo Arena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorktown
Goliad Tigers
Yorktown Gunslingers
Big al
Elmo Weischwill
Swingers
City Park
Pilot Club Donates to Cuero Outreach Program
The Pilot Club of Cuero voted to donate 50 dollars to the Cuero Outreach Program for arts and crafts, with the check presented to Oakview School. Secretary minutes and treasurer report filed, and division reports plus upcoming Stamp Party Tea noted for fundraising activities.
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Pilot Club of
Cuero
Catherine Villiers
Oakview School
Irene Kleinecke
Erma Green
Gladys Dieringer
Mary Beth Poth
Kleinecke
Polly Burns
Sara Post
Marguerite Schodde
Burns
Rosemary Carbonara
J. B. McAlister
Bluebonnet Youth Ranch
Rape case ends in mistrial in Yoakum district court
An eight to four juror deadlock in the David Maciel rape trial led Judge Joe C. Wade to declare a mistrial after the jury indicated seven guilty and five not guilty on repeated ballots. The state plans to seek a retrial following the hung verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Maciel
24Th District Court
Joe C. Wade
Beeville
Erro
John Dietze
Wiley Cheatham
Barbara Wilson
Cheatham
Yoakum
Hochheim
Edward M. Strieber
Yorktown
James J. Fair
Aline Orr
Robert Bares
Robert E. Benys
Mando
David Harrell
Yoakum Police Department
Mayor to-name charter review force afterOctober council clash
Cuero officials plan to appoint a charter review commission at the November 6 session after an October council meeting exposed a conflict of interest. Councilman John Post pressed for updates to the charter while councilman Dick Coppedge faced scrutiny over a $550 tire sale involving his brother's service station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero
Jack Edgar
John Post
Dick Coppedge
Tire
Coppedge
Johnny Coppedge
Landfir
Post
Charter Review Commission
CISD Responds to Attorney General Fee Opinion
Cuero Independent School District Superintendent Dr E E Sims received a seven point letter from Dr M L Brockette Commissioner of Education clarifying the Attorney General Opinion. It limits fees for driver education supplies instruction lab fees and extracurriculars and notes that pre October 1 1975 charges and basic pencils papers remain unaffected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero Independent School District
E. E. Sims
M. L. Brockette
Atty
John Hill
Hairston to Moderate Guadalupe Baptist Meeting in Yoakum
Rev Bob Hairston pastor of Cuero First Baptist will moderate the 57th Guadalupe Baptist Association annual meeting hosted by Yoakum First Baptist Oct 21. Sessions run 2 PM worship to 3 25 PM memorial, 4 05 PM 5 20 PM, 6 45 PM to 9 PM. Reservations 293 3131 by Oct 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Hairston
Cuero’s
First Baptist Church
The
Guadalupe Baptist Association
First Baptist Church of
Richard Sparks
Hairston
Yoakum
Calvary Baptist of
Cuero
Port Lavaca
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Hallettsville Right TO Life
Urban Hemmi
Louis Schott
Marcus Grahmann
Clarence Rehm
Savings and Loan Department
Coastal Bend Savings and Loan Association of
N. Navarro St
Victoria
John White
Austin
Lloyd Bentsen
Bentsen
Berl Milburn
Gerald Ford
Dolph Briscoe
Exxon USA
Henry Kissinger
State Department
Kissinger
Federal Reserve Board
Ford Administration
Agriculture
Earl Butz
Marion Federal Penitentiary
Dennis D. Hunter
Salem
Ohio
Interior Department
Gulf of Alaska
Hartford
Ford
James T. Lynn
Soviet Union
East Germany
Paul VI
Francisco da Costa Gomes
Vatican
Costa Gomes
Rome
Yugoslavia
Beirut
Australia
Gough Whitlam
Paris
Bilbao
Spain
ETA
Isabel Peron
Italo Luder
Mann's
First National Bank
Los Mismos
Main Street
M&m Rodeo Arena
Pilot Club
Richard
Grover
Toby
Lana Summers
Robert Hesse
Frank Sheppard
Ben Sollock
Robert Post
CISD
DeWitt County Pecan Association
Roy Binz
Bill Braden
Joel Steen
Walter Williams
Gus Dieringer
Orval Wright
Sanders
Rev
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