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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1971
Page
1
Middle and elementary students will visit homes on Wednesday October 27 from 4 to 6 p.m. to raise funds for Pakistan relief via Church World Service. Volunteers meet at St. Mark's Lutheran Fellowship Hall for orientation and will wear identification tags.
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson recalls Kosygin promising Hanoi would seek peace talks if U S bombing paused. Johnson says Hanoi gave no reply and no further progress followed, despite subsequent Soviet exchanges. The note appears in Johnsons forthcoming book The vantage Point.
A foot long coral snake was killed in Cuero Saturday morning by nine year old David Crate son of Mr and Mrs Gene Crate of 12 BE Morgan He was raking leaves in his yard when the deadly reptile was almost picked up by his mother reports said
Cuero area observes Veterans Day with closures across stores banks government offices and federal facilities on Monday October 25. Schools and post office close while garbage pickup is canceled with doubled pickups on Tuesday. Cuero Record releases as usual.
A terse religious meditation urges steadfast faith and courage. It references 1 Corinthians 16 13 and speaks of Christian conquest challenging mans best powers.
Cuero city councilman Jimmie Reiffert, owner of Reiffert's Phillips 66 Service Station, turned over a $100 Phillips Community Service Award to Cuero Community Hospital. The citation notes his two terms on council, hospital foundation work, chamber role, Rotary membership, and Cuero’s All-America City achievement.
Secretary Clif ford M Hardin announces a 1972 feed grain plan aiming to lift farm income and cut carryover. It raises the set aside to 25 percent, boosts payments to 40 cents per corn bushel, adds barley, adjusts sorghum and barley loan levels, extends storage provisions, and keeps minimum set aside at 25 percent with signup starting January 17.
Twenty two girls join Brownie Girl Scouts at an October 2 Investiture Service. New members include Lisa Adams Michelle Adams Mebra Kay Binz Kimberly Blackwell Sandra Blank Jennie Boyd Valeria Cole Deborah Fetters Sharon Gebauer Robin Hairston Susan Heil Valerie Hill Kathryn Katzmark Gaye Kleinicke Christine Lee Tammie Munoz Joy Parr Ruby Stall Shannon Steen Christina Striedel Adlaida Wade Vanessa Wade. Second year entrants include Wendy Adams Mary Summers Cook Paula Gebauer Donna Gilbreth Tessie Lee Peterson Michele Buschhaupt Tina Umphres and Vivian Ware.
A historical Cuero United Fund drive lists numerous donors and amounts toward a county goal of 11 000. Entries include individuals and businesses such as Farmers State Bank 250, Weber Motor Co 120, Freund Funeral Home 100, S. W. Bell Telephone 140, H E B Grocery 175, Cuero Record 120, Dietze Electric 60, and many others, with a running total to date of 6 341.
Radio wrap-up pits Frank and Dandy in a lively booth as the Gobblers dominate the Pleasanton Eagles 46 to 0. Coaches Buuns teer Gillibreth provide standout offense and defense while onlookers debate the telecast and game analysis.
Officials of the Cuero United Fund send reminder cards to former contributors urging prompt pledge payments. Drive chairman Ed Pat Mixon notes donations of $50 and up are lagging, as he and leaders J D Bramilette Jr, M Clifton Weber, Stella Schorre, and Marie Herring oversee the campaign.
Governor Preston Smith proclaims October 24 to 30 as Vocational Guidance Week to honor counselors aiding Texas public school students in planning careers. About 260 guidance counselors, mostly in high schools, plus 203 in community colleges, focus on identifying students suited to vocational instruction, helping choose programs, and assisting with job placement and follow up.
In Austin the State Legislative Redistricting Board approves a 4-1 House map pairing more than a fifth of members against each other while Speaker Gus Mutscher denounces the measure as unconstitutional. The plan creates 23 single member districts in Harris County with at least five Black members in 1973 and places most other metro areas in at large county districts. The bill largely pits rural lawmakers against urban peers, jeopardizes re elections of two others, and prompts Mutscher to question board process and support from the Dirty 30. He notes rival plans were not examined by all board members. The attorney general chairs the board as debate continues.
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