Public Education Roles Weigh in Texas and National Politics
Texas educators urge teachers to shape curriculum and methods with Glenn Kidd of the Texas State Teachers Association asserting stronger teacher input. Senator Lloyd Bentsen calls New York City to balance its budget ahead of federal aid as Attorney General Hill notes Texas joins others in challenging a Supreme Court suit on intrastate gas control. Independent oil operators warned of Ford veto risk if a price decontrol formula is not agreed by Congress. A SMU psychologist cites high TV murder exposure for youths by age 15. Sadat plans a 2 hour Texas visit to tour JSC and a Texas farm. Houston Chamber announces. Opponents claim higher costs from a new state constitution, while supporters promise better governance. Gov Briscoe appoints Newton, Roberts, and Pogue to the state mining council. The council was created to regulate strip mining. Briscoe warns the constitutional proposal could trigger a state income tax through higher spending.
Ford declines support for busing amendment
The Nation reports President Ford has declined to back a constitutional amendment against mandatory busing for school desegregation. Dozens of ex-prisoners flood Atlanta bus stations as Georgia starts a mass parole program to ease prison overcrowding.
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John Tower
Washington
Atlanta
Georgia
Heroin Flow Shifts North East Urban Markets
A report notes heroin produced in Mexico, long dominant in the southwest, is increasingly reaching northeastern cities. General Francisco Franco remains gravely ill but stabilizing after a night near death. Westerners flee Beirut amid fierce street fighting as Americans seek safety. IRA holds Tiede Herrema in a siege. Cambodian deputy premier Leng Sary arrives in Bangkok for five days of talks with Thailand.
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United States
Leng Sary
Bangkok
Phnom Penh
Kukrit Pramoj
Absentee voting ends Friday in DeWitt County Texas
Twenty two absentee ballots have been cast in the office of Ray Gips DeWitt County Clerk for the November 4 Texas Constitution election with voting continuing through Friday The polls open Tuesday at 7 am and close at 7 pm listing multiple voting boxes across Cuero and surrounding towns for absentee ballots.
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DeWitt County
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Patman Plans Cuero Meeting On Proposition Five
Senator Bill Patman will visit Cuero on Thursday October 30 at 3 00 p m in the District Courtroom to discuss the new constitution and Proposition Five which would tax agricultural land by productivity and remove sales taxes on farm tractors feed seed fertilizer food and prescriptions. He urges voters to seek accurate information and to consider all eight amendments carefully. The event will feature pro and con materials and an agree disagree test of 50 statements from the Texas Legislative Council. The DeWitt County Historical Commission voted a 1000 donation to the DeWitt County Historical Museum, funded by this year's Turkeyfest homes tour, with another 1000 from the Berthold and Anna Reiffert Schiwetz descendants. Glyndol Snodgrass was elected to fill a board term, and a committee was formed to nominate three 3 year terms on the museum board.
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DeWitt County Historical Commission
DeWitt County
Isabella Schaffner
Commission
DeWitt Officials Earn Texas History Award in 1975 Meeting
DeWitt County Historical Commission members Mrs. R. M. Studer of Yorktown and Mrs. A. W. Schaffner of Cuero joined 430 Texans at the 1975 Texas Historical Commission and Texas Historical Foundation annual meeting in Nacogdoches October 24 and 25. The commission received two plaques the Distinguished Service Award and third place for Best Program of Work. The two day convention featured speeches slides and panels plus historic site tours with Studer and Schaffner choosing the San Augustine tour to examine local heritage. A convention report will be shared at the November 18 meeting and award certificates will be presented.
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Nacogdoches
San Augustine
Studer
Schaffner
Texans to vote on eight propositions in 1969 constitution revision
State Senator Patman plans to explain both sides of the eight propositions facing Texans in the November constitution revision election. Tim Von Dohlen and local officials addressed civic groups this week as absentee voting proceeds quietly through Oct. 31 in DeWitt County. Proposition No. 2 details a unified judiciary with multiple courts and licensing requirements, plus provisions on removal, impeachment, and state law questions.
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Patman
Tim von Dohlen
Goliad
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Ray Gips
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Court of Appeals
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DeWitt County Declares November 1975 Christmas Seal Month
The DeWitt County Commissioners Court approved a resolution designating November 1975 as Christmas Seal Month. County Judge Robert Sheppard received seals and was thanked for support while Christmas Seal Chairman Jerry L. Champion spoke on contributions funding lung disease prevention. He urged generosity for the American Lung Association Alamo Area, noting the program relies on voluntary contributions to improve local health.
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Jerry Champion
DeWitt County
Special Commissioners Court
Commissioners Court of
Cuero
Jerry L. Champion
Children of America
Champion
Sheppard
American Lung Association
Alamo Area
Editorial Opposes Texas Constitution Vote
William Todd publisher endorses voting against the new Texas Constitution and all eight propositions. He argues the current constitution restrains legislators, warns of higher costs, potential judicial expansion, and cites a lawyer friendly, expansive new document with unclear fiscal impact. He urges Texans to retain the present constitution and vote against all propositions.
DeWitt County Commissioners Back Fund Grant Endorsement
The court approved a Golden Crescent Council of Governments endorsement for a fund grant to support an assistant district attorney for Wiley Cheatham. Also approved were hires for county offices, monthly reports from local services, a revenue sharing resolution, and a soil conservation project on Musselman and Chilek properties.
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Wiley Cheatham
Golden Crescent Council of Governments
Criminal Justice Council
Jeanine Calliham
Robert Posts
DeWitt County Extension Service
Yorktown Ambulance Service
Historical Homes
DeWitt County ICA sets November annual meeting
The DeWitt County Independent Cattlemen's Association will hold its annual meeting November 3 at 7 p.m. in the Cuero Livestock Commission Barn. Chairman Carlton H. Mueller urged ICA members and supporters to attend and donate to sustain the group’s operations and influence in policy.
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Independent Cattlemen's Association
Cuero Livestock Commission
ICA
Carlton H. Mueller
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