Local family notices from Victoria and surrounding towns
Mrs. Alvin Wagner Mrs. Gid Dreyer and Miss Mary Ann Dreyer joined the Spandau family in Victoria after the aunt Mrs. Christian Spandau died Sunday night. Joyce and David Bade of College Station visited their parents in another household. Houston visitors Tanya Mollenkopf joined Jimmie Mollenkopf's family. Johnny Aruska and son Gary visited La Vernia relatives. Judy Harwood and Cristy Cusack visited parents during a Texas Tech summer break.
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Alvin Wagner
Gid Dreyer
Mary Ann Dreyer
Victoria
Christian Spandau
Victoria Hospital
Joyce and
David Bade
College Station
Alvin Schroller
Mrs
Heinie Bade
Jimmie Mollenkopf
Tanya
Houston
Eugene Mollenkopf
Johnny Aruska
Gary
la Vernia
John Hruska
Judy Harwood
Cristy Cusack
Texas Tech University
Lubbock
Cuero Hospital Dismissals and Burns Admissions Notes
Hospital news lists Cuero Dismissals for Fred DeDear and Lydia Casal. Burns Hospital records Marion Fetters Sr as admitted. Dismissals also include Mrs. Mabel Davis.
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Cuero Hospital
Fred DeDear
Lydia Casal
Secret ballot rules for local election ballots explained
Pargmann outlines that voters may choose three candidates from the list or write ins. Ballots are secret and must be placed in a plain envelope then an outer address envelope, signed and dated, to be counted. The dual envelope system protects secrecy and eligibility before counting.
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Pargmann
ASCS
Conscientious Objector at Ft Meade Files Discharge Petition
Lt Louis P Font 23 at Ft Meade Md says he would rather go to prison than serve in the U S Army as long as the Vietnam war continues He seeks discharge as a conscientious objector He is a West Pointer and awaits the County ASC Committee ballot count on September 15 1970 Eligible voters include farm owners tenants and sharecroppers as well as spouses of eligible voters If a ballot is not received by September 5 contact the County ASCS Office at 307 N Gonzales to obtain one.
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Louis P. Font
Ft. Meade
West Pointer
ASCS
N. Gonzales
Regional labor bureau notes small work stoppage impact
The regional bureau explains that yearly strike loss in major cities reflects contract timing more than scale. Strickland cites less than .3 percent of work time lost regionally last year, with small fractions amplified by even few tough negotiations. Ongoing strikes from 1968 into 1969 also boosted idle time.
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Houston
Galveston
Beaumont
Tulsa
New Orleans
Strickland
Bureau
Mrs. Albert C. Sager 83 Arneckeville, Die In South Carolina
Mrs. Albert C. Sager 83 of Arneckeville died in a Walterboro hospital. Born Elizabeth Bergner in Gera Germany on December 8 1886 she wed Albert C. Sager in Arneckeville on December 8 1912. Funeral services Thursday at 11 am at St John s Lutheran Beaufort with interment in Beaufort Cemetery. Survivors include her husband a daughter Mildred Freeman five grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
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Albert C. Sager
Arneckeville
Walterboro
S. C
Elizabeth Bergner
Gera
Germany
St. John’s Lutheran Church of Beaufort
Beaufort Cemetery
Mildred Freeman
Beaufort
Yoakum Rosary for Antonio Cervantes Held at Buffington
Antonio Cervantes of Navasota, born March 23 1917 in Yoakum, died Sunday in Navasota. Rosary at Buffington Funeral Home Tuesday night 8 p.m. Funeral Wednesday 10 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church with Rev. Michael O'Shaughnessy officiating. Burial in San Pedro Cemetery Concrete. Survived by wife Lorenza, 3 daughters, 8 sons, 5 sisters, 9 grandchildren, and 3 brothers.
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Buffington
Antonio Cervantes
Navasota
Cervantes
Yoakum
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Michael O'Shaughnessy
San Pedro
Lorenza Cervantes
Mary Martinez
Muskegon
Mich
Ruben Ayala
Kerrville
Josephine Cervantes
Luziano
Fred
Domingo
Antonio Jr
Ralph
Jesse
Vincent
Daniel
Joe Cervantes
Pete Trevino
Cuero
Domino Cervantes
Austin
Death of Robert R. Spence in Texas City
Robert R. Spence, brother of Mrs. Walter W. White of Cuero, died at his Texas City home. Born in Galveston and raised in Cuero, he later lived in Dallas where he worked with a cotton firm. He retired with his wife to Texas City and is survived by a daughter and several grandchildren.
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Robert R. Spence
Walter W. White
Cuero
Texas City
N. A. Spence
Galveston
Dallas
Tab Hunter Stars in Old Hacksaw Western Venture
Hollywood casting notes say Tab Hunter will star in Old Hacksaw a two part western venture film for The Wonderful World of Disney. The project is listed as a Disney production with UPI reporting the casting and formatdetails.
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Hollywood
UPI
Tab Hunter
Wonderful World of
Disney
Five Southwestern States 1952 1969 stoppage patterns
A study traces the pattern of work stoppages in the Southwest from 1952 through 1969 and identifies the industries responsible for the losses in 1969, highlighting shifts in economic sectors and labor unrest.
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Southwest
Diary of Anne Frank on TV Sparks Local Reflections
The group recalls visiting Anne Frank’s Amsterdam house and notes the attic set in the film is now unsafe. Callie Henneke leaves for Austin for a Governor's Committee on Aging meeting to represent the county agent's office. Terry Newman visits. Marilyn Dietze seeks a Troop 243 photo for a Freedoms Foundation scrapbook. freshmen settle at Sam Houston State University.
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Ann Frank
Amsterdam
Callie Henneke
Austin
Governor's Committee On
Callie
Marilyn Dietze
Troop 243
Freedoms Foundation
Journalism enrollments rise in colleges nationwide
The Newspaper Fund Inc reports a 19 percent increase since 1968 and a record 31,251 journalism students in 145 schools as of December 1969, up from 26,325 the prior year. The data covers numerous programs and reflects long term growth over a century.
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Princeton
N.J
Newspaper Fund, Inc
Barefoot doctors train 274000 in Chinese rural medical corps
The Communist Chinese army medical corps trained 274000 barefoot doctors in rural China over the past two years. They receive quick courses in traditional Chinese medicine and Western first aid methods as part of the national effort reported by New China News Agency.
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Hong Kong
UPI
China
New China News Agency
Largest North American railway is Canadian National
The Canadian National Railway operates about 35 000 miles of track, making it the largest railway in North America.
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North America
Canadian National Railway
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