Umphres Sues Shell Oil Over Price Agreement
S W Bill Umphres operator of the Conoco Service Station at Broadway and Esplanade filed a 250000 dollar damage suit against Shell Oil Co in the United States Court for the Southern District of Texas in Victoria. Dietze said Shell revoked its agreement with several Houston stations operated by Umphres after he refused to raise gasoline prices per Shell. Umphres was unavailable for comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. W
Bill) Umphres
Conoco
Broadway and
Esplanade
Shell Oil Co
Errol Dietze
Dietze
United States
Southern District of Texas
Victoria
Shell Oil
Houston
Umphres
Correction on Sustaining Membership Drive Location
The Boy Scout Sustaining Membership enrolment drive is being held in Yoakum, not Cuero, correcting the dateline omission from the Monday Record report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout
Yoakum
Cuero
Gift Presented To Gulf Bend Center By Sorority
Al pha Gamma Psi of Beta Sigma Phi donated a table and chair for child use at the Gulf Bend Center in Cuero. The donation was accepted by Murray Tarkington, Dr Kenneth Owens, and Bob Beel. The sorority has funded the center through a Cuero Savings fund since last year and has contributed many hours of nursery care and other support. Interested donors may contribute to the fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Owens
Don Albrecht
Gulf Bend Center Clinic
Gulf Bend
Gulf Bend Center
Victoria
Bob Beel
Cuero Federal Savings and Loan Association
Yorktown Teens Injured In Rural Road Mishap
Two Yorktown youths, John M. Koopmann 17 and David Janssen 15, were treated at Yorktown Memorial Hospital after their car ran off a county road. The 12:15 a.m. crash occurred 8.9 miles north of Yorktown at a 90 degree turn. the vehicle, owned by Melvin Koopmann, did not overturn. Patrolman Jim Fitzpatrick cited the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorktown
Yorktown Memorial Hospital
John M. Koopmann
David Janssen
Jim Fitzpatrick
Melvin Koopmann
Name Of Ship Recalls Dean In Its Name
The USS LeBaron Russell Briggs Jr., a rusting Liberty ship sunk in the Atlantic with nerve gas aboard, carried the name of a former Harvard University dean of faculty arts and sciences who later became president of Radcliffe College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
UPS
LeBaron
Russell Briggs Jr
Atlantic
Harvard University
Radcliffe College
Logan County City Lower Bellefontaine Note
Bellefontaine Ohio UPI reports Logan County spans 469 square miles making it the sole city in the county boundaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan County
Bellefontaine, Ohio
UPI
Texas Amendment Seeks Higher Homestead Exemption
Editorial note previews Amendment Six voting choice on increasing homestead exemption from 5000 to 10000 for urban property. Rural homestead remains 200 acres and improvements may be included. Article traces origin to Spanish law and Texas practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Quota contributions listed for United Fund drive
A detailed roll call shows donors and amounts toward the United Fund quota of 11,000. Businesses and individuals including Cuero Record, H E B Food Store, Coca Cola Bottling, J C Penney Co, and many local families contribute quantities ranging from 50 to 200 with a total to date of 5,340.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchel
Bank & Trust Farmers State Bank
Cuero Federal S&l
Graham Hamilton
LeRoy Hamilton
Weber Motor Co
Stimson Furniture Co
Freund Funeral Home
Nielsen 7-Up Boil Co
Klecka - Center Pharmacy
Erna B. Koehler
Bert Kirk Jr
Duckett Motor Co
Cuero Record
Ark-La Gas Co
S.W. Bell Tel. Co
H.E.B. Food Store
Coppedge Tire Service
Crescent Valley Creamery
Robt
B. Baldwin Uii
D. M. Stiles
Cuero Foodcraft Store
Carl & Agatha Wagner
Cuero Livestock Com,.Co
Gulf Coast Wood Products
Conrad & Tarkington Ins
L. L. Battery Drug Store
Frank B. Sheppard
Koenig's Drive
Coca . Cola Bottling Co
Cuero Oil Mill
Alfred Friar
J. Carter Thomas
Charles Tubbs
Emil Penner
J. Cohn and Family
Reiffert Blackwell
Reuss Drug Store
Lester Frers Jeweler
CHS Social Set After Cuero Pleasanton Game
Cuero High School students will attend a social after the Cuero Pleasanton football game at Gobbler Stadium. The Cuero Youth Conference sponsors the event at the Teen Center in Cuero Municipal Park starting at 10 30 p m. A band will play for dancing and refreshments will be served.
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Cuero High School
Cuero Pleasanton
Gobbler Stadium
Cuero Youth Conference
Cuero Municipal Park
Quarterback Pay Rises Across NFL Seasons 1967 to 1969
The NFLPA survey shows the average professional quarterback earned 33000 in 1967 and 50000 in 1969, reflecting a significant rise in player salaries over the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
National Football League Players Association
Cuero United Fund nears halfway mark on drive
Cuero United Fund reach 5 340 dollars 48 5 percent of the 11 000 goal with Monday gifts from Gene Brown John C Hamilton and Charles L Lucas plus volunteers. The drive chairman Jack Howerton says the 50 to 75 dollar donors group remains eight members short of 25 needed to close phase two. End of week three marked Oct 14 with two weeks left to complete phase two and open appeal for gifts of any size.
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Cuero
United Fund
Drive
Jack Howerton
Gene Brown
White
E. Main Street
John C. Hamilton
Chisholm Trail Western Wear
S. Esplanade
Charles L. Lucas
E. Second Street
Lucas
Adele Larsen
Cuero United Fund
Texas
Firemen Plan Ladies Night at Cuero Station
The Cuero Fire Department will hold Ladies Night at the Fire Station Saturday at 7 30 p.m. Supper and entertainment will be provided for all department members and the Women’s Auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero Fire Department
Department
Women’s’ Auxiliary
Nine Rural Fatalities in September Across Corpus Christi District
September 1970 rural traffic data show nine deaths across seven counties in the Corpus Christi District of the Texas Highway Patrol. Cameron and Nueces each saw two rural deaths, with DeWitt, Jackson, Jim Wells, Kleberg, and Victoria counties recording one each. Total rural accidents 309, with 142 injured in nine fatal and 81 injury accidents. property damage $225,700. Compared to 1969, 1970 first nine months tally 2,941 rural accidents, up 140, with one more fatal crash and 39 more injuries.
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Corpus Christi
Texas Highway Patrol
Cameron County
Nueces County
DeWitt County
Jackson County
Jim Wells
Kleberg County
Victoria County
Meeting Set By Auxiliary Affiliated Members
Cuero Community Hospital Auxiliary active members will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday October second in the board room of the new hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero Community Hospital
Pilot Club Observes 49th Pilot International Birthday
Cuero Pilot Club joins pilots in the United States and abroad to mark the 49th birthday of Pilot International. Begun by forty Macon women in 1921 the charter was granted October 21, 1921. Founders honored as pilots pledge friendship and service to broaden opportunities and promote international peace.
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Pilot Club of
Cuero
United States
Bermuda
Canada
England
France
Japan
Pilot International
Macon
Cuerocon
Pilot Club
Mark Doehrman Receives American Farmer Degree at FFA Convention
Mark Doehrman of Meyersville received the American Farmer Degree at the 43rd National FFA Convention in Kansas City Missouri. He is among 471 members nationwide earning the highest FFA honor for exceptional agricultural leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Birdwell
Future Farmers of America
Mark Doehrman
Cuero
PFA
FFA
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas. City
Meyersville
Mark
National Organization of the Future Farmers of America
FFA Association
Also Mentioned on This Page
Shell
A.m
A. J. Engbrock
George W. Trowell
J. C. Penney Co
Ben Franklin
Leslie Motor Co
Howard Green
John - Lois Wheeler
Howard Kleinecke
Gay Implement Co
SO. White's Auto Store
Chisholm Tr.'s
Western Wear
Toliaws Trend
Jack Edgar
Lester Frers
Charles Riebschlaeger
Pulic
James Massey
Cuere
D. L. Prentice
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