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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1971
Page
1
The writer argues the public fixates on atom bombs while mass incendiary fire bombing caused far greater casualties in World War II. Comparing Tokyo Hamburg and Dresden, they claim fire storms can suffocate life by consuming oxygen, urging perspective on wartime tactics and fear.
Gov. Preston Smith appoints his top aide Larry Teaver as secretary of state to replace Robert D Bullock. Bullock will receive a $26 000 four year salary. Teaver’s appointment follows another Smith aide taking a state post a week earlier on the Insurance Board with a $23 000 four year term.
Cuero Community Hospital begins a 12 month Licensed Vocational Nursing program Tuesday with 12 trainees. The course runs five weeks classroom work at the hospital followed by floor observation and ongoing study. Accreditation is by the Texas State Board of Nurse Examiners and graduates will be eligible to take the board exam and receive licenses.
The Texas Highway Commission approves $96,100 for 17.1 miles of work in DeWitt County. District Engineer C V Ramert says projects include U S Highways 77A 87 72 111 and Loop 51 with surfacing base repairs and seal coats under FE Riha Yoakum and Albert L Holik Jr supervision.
An 8 p.m. hit and run left front fender damage to Charles Megees sport car at 312 Second St. Deborah Belcher, 14, of Crain, was cited for leaving the scene and no license after a patrol find. Mayor’s model pickup damaged at City Hall when Hildred Pietsch collided with it at 115 p.m. Chief Clinton Wright issued a traffic citation.
State climatologist Robert Orton notes August temperatures were below normal across most of Texas with notable rain in Del Rio and San Antonio. Del Rio recorded 6.18 inches and San Antonio 9.42 inches, while the Panhandle to Del Rio stayed unusually cool for the season. The lingering cool, wet pattern continued into early September across the state.
City Manager Larry Smith outlined Cuero's 20 year development master plan and a street department reorganization adding separate paving and maintenance crews. He noted potential air conditioning for the Municipal Park Clubhouse as city council reviews options.
The Texas Highway Commission outlined policies for a new street and thoroughfare development program in urbanized areas. It cites the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1970 enabling urban systems with matching federal funds in areas of 50 thousand or more population.
Police arrested two 17 year old boys amid second day of racial disturbances at McCallum High School in East Austin after buses brought black students from Anderson area. One youth allegedly had an eight dollar cut off pool cue studded with nails. the other faced charges for abusive language. Officers cordoned the 5600 block of Sunshine Street and called for paddy wagons. Earlier, a football coach reported being attacked by a 30 youth gang with chains and brass knuckles, though he was not seriously hurt.
Seguin Texas upi reports Sheriff Phil Medlin of Guadalupe County faces aggravated assault with a weapon charges after allegedly shooting twice at four men near the Guadalupe County jail on August 2. Medlin says the men were boisterous and drinking, and he fired into the air to scatter them. County Judge J. Bo Dibrell to hear the case today.
A late model van owned by the Euibright Sandwich Co of San Antonio was destroyed by fire on Texas 111 about 1.5 miles east of Hootie. Driver Pedro Sandoval said he was alone when the van burst into flames as Patrolman Robert Dobbins reported.
Henry L. Stimson served in Taft Hoover Roosevelt and Truman cabinets as secretary of war or secretary of state, shaping U S policy across four presidencies.
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church will host its annual bazaar on Sunday with an 11 am barbecued beer dinner and a 3 pm Mexican supper featuring tamales. Tickets cost $1.50 for adults and 75 cents for children under 12. Festivities include games, cake walk, fish pond, booths, and refreshment stands. The fiesta queen coronation will crown 1971 queen Dolly Villa, with 1970 queen Margie Gonzales in attendance to present a crown to Rev. Francis Kunz.
Cuero Gobblers 1970 Class 3-A finalists launch ticket sales at Keesler’s for the season opener against Yoakum set at 8 p.m. Friday September 10 at Bulldog Stadium in Yoakum. Adults 1.75, general 1.50 at gates. Student tickets 50 cents for three games sold in advance only.
A devotional note quotes First Corinthians 9 24 25 urging temperance in body and spirit. It emphasizes eternal lines over temporal pleasures and cautions against bodily dissipations as prime concerns.
The Cuero City Council approved a $1,142,025 total budget for the coming fiscal year and kept the property tax rate at $1.60 per hundred dollars. They delayed action on a long term lease for VFW Post 1972 at the NVA Building in Municipal Park pending a legal opinion on bingo under new state law.
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