Personal notes from Cuero area residents and visitors
Mr and Mrs Robert McCoy of Houston visit their aunt Mrs R J Waldeck at the Yacht Club Wednesday with no food service. Leonel Post and Misses Doris Mae Post and Anthia Bell spent the weekend in Kingsville for homecoming. Ricky Lynn West of Cuero celebrates a 12th birthday on Oct 27. Henry Carson recovered from a heart attack and left hospital to recuperate at home. Mrs A C Brueggman spent weekend with relatives in Schulenburg. Henry Fischer and Victor Wagenstein of Yorktown visit Cuero. Mrs Richant Wheeler has a birthday. Mr and Mrs James C Edsay return home after wedding trip to the coast. Marine 1st Lt Sherman C Jones receives the Navy Commendation Medal for service in Vietnam at Camp Lejeune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonel C. Post
Doris Mae Post
Anthia Bell
Kingsville
Sherman C. Jones
Dorothy J. Morgan
N. Esplanade
Navy
Marine Corps Base
Camp Lejeune
Vietnam
Infant born at Cuero City Hospital with weight details
A newborn named recrecy Charles was delivered at Cuero City Hospital at 7:00 a.m. The report records the birth without clear weight details.
Cuero Hospital Admissions and Dismissals List
Admissions include Gloria Burkett Essie Parker Bessie Franklin Emma Meyer and SBruncey Majerski. dismissal recorded for Mrs Alva Arndt.
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Cuero Community Hospital
Gloria Burkett
Essie Parker
Bessie Franklin
Emma Meyer
Sbruncey Majerski
Alva Arndt
Mann Career Timeline Highlights In State Dept
Mann began as under secretary for economic affairs on January 3, 1964 and served until his March 1965 promotion. He previously held assistant secretary roles from 1957 to 1960, and served in multiple Foreign Service posts including Montevideo Caracas Athens and Guatemala City. Born November 11 1912 in Laredo he was educated at Baylor and practiced law in Laredo. He later became ambassador to El Salvador in 1955 and to Mexico in 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mann
Laredo
Baylor University
Waco
Foreign Service
Department of State
Montevideo
Uruguay
Caracas
Venezuela
Athens
Greece
Guatemala City
Guatemala
Court Selects Grand Jury Members for Winter Spring Term 1972
Court session focuses on juror selection as the Jury Commission tallies names for the Grand Jury to start January 3 1972. Commission members include Lee Pargmann Yoakum Gordon Barrett Yorktown Turner Jenkins Yoakum Jim Conrad Cuero and Gilbert Saenz Cuero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cess
Lee Pargmann
Yoakum
Gordon Barrett
Yorktown
Turner Jenkins
Jim Conrad
Cuero
Gilbert Saenz
United Nations split prompts infamy remark on expulsions
U S ambassador to the United Nations George Bush condemns expelling Nationalist China from the UN and laments the moment of infamy. Brezhnev calls Europe at a turning point during a Paris visit. In Austin Gene Armistead campaigns for stricter drug laws after his daughter’s death from a UT tower fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
George Bush
China
U.N
Paris
Leonid Brezhnev
Europe
Austin
Tex
Gene Armistead
University of Texas
For Sale: 242-Year-Old Latelo Bula in Hereford
Classified notice offers a 242 year old Latelo Bula for sale in Hereford. Contact phone number 275 24429 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hereford
Polliwogs and opinions raise a community note
Stella Lenz required several stitches after a fall at Maggie Edgar and the Howertons, from Rome, report the news. The column blends local happenings with reflections on Taiwan and the UN, Nixon’s Peking trip, and church event notices for Trick or Treaters and a Pakistani relief drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Lenz
Maggie Edgar
Obituary for Dr. Robert Goodwin 51 of Houston
Dr. Robert Joseph Goodwin 51 of Houston dies after short illness. Graveside services set for Wednesday at 3 p.m. in Hillside Cemetery Cuero with St Ambrose Church rites and a Mass at 10 a.m. in Houston. Survivors include wife Marilyn Wooderson two sons John and Robert J. Goodwin Jr one daughter Mary Eileen and three brothers. He was a veterinarian with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Pallbearers will be fellow USDA employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Joseph Goodwin
Houston
Cuero
Hillside Cemetery
Sonnier
St. Ambrose Catholic Church
Goodwin
Marilyn Jean Wooderson
Louis Wooderson
D. C
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Floyd Thigpen Dies on Fishing Trip at Rockport
Floyd Thigpen 72 of Houston and native of DeWitt County died of a heart attack on a Rockport fishing trip. Born near Cuero, son of Crockett and Mary Davis Thigpen, he was married to Martha Kilgore of Houston. Survived by widow and four brothers Willie, Hugh, Edwin, and Claude Thigpen. his only son had preceded him in death. Funeral arrangements are pending in Houston.
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Floyd Thigpen
Houston
DeWitt County
Rockport
Cuero
Crockett
Mary Davis Thigpen
Martha Kilgore
Willie Thigpen
Hugh Thigpen
San Antonio
Edwin Thigpen
Springdale, Ark
Claude Thigpen
Cattle and Hogs Market Report From San Antonio
UPI USDA cattle and calves prices show limited sales with near steady slaughter cows and bulls, feeders steady, and various weight classes listed. Sheep feeders steady to strong with good to mostly choice light feeders and wooled lambs noted. hogs with steady sows and barrows at 18.75 to 19.00 per hundredweight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Almanac facts for October 26 1971 and notable events
October 26 1971 marks the 299th day of the year with Saturn among morning stars and visible evening planets Mercury Venus Mars and Jupiter. Notable events include the Erie Canal opening in 1825 and Terence MacSwiney’s death in 1920, plus a 1942 carrier Hor net loss and a 1966 LBJ Vietnam visit. Ma halia Jackson born 1912.
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United Press International
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Mahalia Jackson
America
Buffalo
Albany
N.Y
Terence MacSwiney
Cork
Ireland
Solomon Islands
Lyndon Johnson
Manila
Vietnam
Israelis Cabinet Members Vehicles Break Speed Limits
Reporter Avraham Kusnir filmed violations over 10 hours showing vehicles belonging to Israeli cabinet ministers including Transport Minister Shimon Peres, the state comptroller, and the chief rabbi parked in unauthorized areas and causing traffic jams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
UPI
Shimon Peres
U.S. Loss at U N as China Wins Membership Vote
UPI reports China secures U N membership defeating Taiwan 76 to 35. Officials say the defeat marks a low point for U S influence and signals a shift toward newly independent nations while underscoring Taiwan’s security ties with the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UPI
Phil Newsom
United States
World Organization
United Nations
China
U.S
Washington
U.N
Taiwan
Peking
Santa Cruz Police Warn Cyclists Face Speeding Tickets
In Santa Cruz California Police Chief Gene Pini warned that officers may issue speeding tickets to bicyclists if their speed exceeds city expectations on streets. He said each case would be decided on the basis of whether the speed was more than acceptable for the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Cruz
Calif
Gene Pini
Pini
Texans Wage Debate on State Employee Salaries and Services
State employees showcase diverse roles from space training to public health and archival work while the Texas Public Employees Association warns that inadequate pay and fringe benefits threaten professionalism. A Chapman-led survey cites high turnover costs and many workers burdened by second jobs and spousal work. The union argues fair salaries and long term benefits align employee value with taxpayer returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Outer Space
TPEA
Chapman
Texas anti drug campaign seeks petition to tighten narcotics laws
Armistead, a Texas insurance broker, launches a drive to force the Legislature to pass harsher narcotics penalties. He aims for one million signatures via newspaper inserts and petitions to require 10 years for first offenses, 25 for second, and life for third. His daughter’s LSD experience and hospital treatment spurred his effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Armistead
Austin
the American- Statesman
Amistead
VISTA
Chicago
Peru
Red Cross
United States
University of Texas
Dove hunting hours by date and sunset timing listed
From noon to sunset, a calendar of daily hunting hours is published for October. The schedule shows precise sunset times for Oct 26 through Oct 31 and is issued by United Press International. The note adds a short aside on the origin of the word amateur as a connoisseur of the arts.
Woman Delays Campaign After Daughter's Death
Armistead said his wife would assist later in his campaign but is in shock from their daughter's death, so she will wait until the spring term of 1970.
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Armistead
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Robert McCoy
R. J. Waldeck
Hero Country Club
Ricky Lynn West
Henry Carson
Methodist
Cheapside
A. C. Brueggman
Schulenburg
Henry Fischer
Rly
Victor Wagenstein
Mrs. Richant Wheeler
James C. Edsay
East
Coase
Traml Mes
Gus Leck
Recrecy Charles
Cuero Vinity Hospital
Reuss
Freund Funeral Home
QOS
Esplanade
Polliwogs
Polly Howerton
Charles
Linda Howerton
Rome
Jack
Diplomat Corps
People’s Republic of China
Nixon
Red China
Kruschev
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Grace Episcopal Church
Bonnie Kleinecke Wheeler
Raymond Falk
Olivia
Robert Goodwin
the Almanac
Thomas Moore
Avraham Kusnir
B&b Auto Repair & Parts
Bush
Henry Kissinger
Web
Sun
Russ Meyer
Wy 11
W. Reuss Blvd
Pir
Canada
Mexico
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