Texas Labor Day traffic claim 21 lives in DPS report
Department of Public Safety reports 21 fatalities from Labor Day weekend traffic in Texas. The piece notes names including Cynthia Villarreal and Yolanda DeLeon as Dallas officers, and mentions other local items such as a Victoria market robbery and a county extension agent killed on I-35 near Austin.
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Texas
Department of Public Safety
Travis County Agricultural Extension
Interstate 35
Austin
Jack T. Doby
Congress returns to craft energy policy after recess
The Nation reports Congress resumes after a month away to craft an energy policy acceptable to President Ford as oil price controls have expired.
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Congress
Ford
Kissinger cites Middle East chance for peace talk
The World notes Kissinger says a nonaggression pledge by Egypt and Israel could pave the way for regional peace. Ford urges Congress to back use of American civilians in the new Middle East accord.
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Egypt
Israel
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
Ford
Congress
Mid-East
Blood Drive Slated by Local Hospital Auxiliary
The Victoria Branch of South Texas Regional Blood Bank will host a Cuero blood drive on Thursday September 25 in the Cuero Community Hospital south wing from 3 to 7 PM. Donors can aid family members for six months if needed and are urged to participate due to rising local demand.
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Victoria
South Texas
Yorktown Legion Installs 1975 76 Officers
American Legion Post 272 in Yorktown installs new officers for the 1975 76 year with District 14 vice commander Herbert Muterhier presiding. Elected officers include post commander Jesse Eretech tat, Henry Noster as 2nd vice commander, Henry Vargas as vice commander, Harold Tiemann as vice commander, Everett Cole as adjutant, Mutschier as finance officer, Alvin Dehmann as chaplain, Muddy Villa as service officer, Raul Amador as sergeant at arms, and Jim Delgado as sergeant at arms.
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American Legion
Yorktown
District 14
Herbert Muterhier
Henry Noster
Henry Vargas
Harold Tiemann
Everett Cole
Mutschier
Alvin Dehmann
Muddy Villa
Arma
Raul Amador
Jim Delgado
Reduced bi weekly subscription rates and extended expiration
Cuero Record announces new extended expiration dates for carrier subscribers and reduced rates for the bi weekly publication. The one year six month and three month prepaid prices are listed with contact details for inquiries and office hours.
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Cuero
Carrier Boy
E. Main Street
Yoakum United Fund names chair and dates for drive
Harvey Brasch is campaign chairman for the 1975 Yoakum United Fund drive set to run October 8 through October 15. A budget goal of 12,976 dollars was approved after a hearing. Agencies include Boy Scouts HEAR Foundation Campfire Council Salvation Army Bluebonnet Youth Ranch United Cerebral Palsy and The American Red Cross. The agencies request 11,300 dollars with 1,676 dollars added for the local emergency fund. Budget committee members are Mrs. David Watson Brasch Arthur Hermanis Jim Witte Burt Witcher Nyles Steinmann and UF president Earl Wyatt.
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Harvey Brasch
Yoakum United Fund
Boy Scouts
Hear Foundation
Campfire Council
Salvation Army
Bluebonnet Youth Ranch
United Cerebral Palsy
American Red Cross
David Watson
Brasch
Arthur Hermanls
Jim Witte
Burt Witcher
Nyles Steinmann
Earl Wyatt
Crime prevention campaign begins in DeWitt County
A regional crime prevention public information campaign led by GCCOG and the Alamo Area Council of Governments starts in DeWitt County this month. Ronnie Adams, Guy Nobles and Clinton Wright will serve as liaison officers for citizen awareness. The effort, funded by a Texas Criminal Justice Division grant, will include media coverage, speaking events, and engrave valuables with owner IDs under the theme You Work So Hard For What You Have Dont Make It Easy to Steal.
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Baylor
Ronnie Adams
DeWitt County
Guy Nobles
Yorktown
Clinton Wright
Cuera
Texas Criminal Justice Division
Cuero Welcomes First Vietnam Refugee Family
The Nguyen family, arriving from Gia Dinh Vietnam, is welcomed in Cuero as daughter Nguyen Thi Hoang, 10, enrolls at Hugt Elementary. Father Te Nguyen is a former Navy officer and chemist. The family, sponsored by Bob Case of Seguin, stays on the W F Frisbie ranch near Cheapside with two younger children.
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Cuero
Hugt
Nguyen Thi Hoang
Wilfred Block
Debra Baros
Te the Nguyen
San Antonio
United States
California
Seguin
W.F. Frisbie Ranch
Cheapside
Nguyen
Vietnam
Gia Dinh
U.S
Bob Case
First Baptist Family Night Hosts Holy Land Slide Program
Members of the First Baptist Church congregation will view a slide program of the Rev. and Mrs. Bob Hairston’s Holy Land trip during Family Night at 7:40 p.m. in the House of Worship. A covered dish supper begins at 7 p.m.
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First Baptist Church
The
Holy Land
Bob Hairston
Sandra Rodriguez Crowned Queen at Our Lady of Guadalupe Jubilee
Miss Sandra Rodriguez of Cuero was named queen over Miss Betty Rodriguez at the Golden Jubilee Our Lady of Guadalupe Jamaica celebration at Cuero VFW hall. She received the crown from outgoing queen Miss Sylvia Galindo, escorted by Cleo Mungia of Yorktown, after raising over 2500 dollars for the parish.
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Sandra Rodriguez
Cuero
Jamaica
Cuero Vfw Hall
Miss Rodriguez
Betty Rodriguez
Sylvia Galindo
Cleo Mungia
Yorktown
Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish
Sandra
Cuero Vfw
Los Bravos
Los Ultimos
Victoria
Tino Esquivel
KKYX
Louis Liendo
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church
Sendra Rodriguez
Jamarce
Our Lady of Guedelupe Catholic Church
Ithe
LVNs Receive Diplomas in Cuero Ceremony
Nine Licensed Vocational Nurses were honored Sunday at St. Michael's Parish Hall for completing training at Cuero Community Hospital. Recipients included Joe Billings, Helen Ellis, Irene Goehring, Elizabeth Jendrzys, Sandra McGuffin, Kay Neitsch, Yvonne Norris, Jacquelyn Selwyn, and Opal Valenta with diplomas and pins.
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St. Michael's Parish Hall
Opal Valenta
Gonzales
Jackie Selwyn
Cuero
Yvonne Norris
Sandra McGuffin
Victoria
Beth Jendrzys
Yorktown
Irene Goehring
Westhoff
Helen Ellis
Joe Billings
Anita
Paschaline
Darryl Stefka
Barbara
Jean Causey
School of Nursing
St. Michael’s Parish Hall
Cuero Community Hospital
Elizabeth Jendrzys
Kay Neitsch
Hospital Employee Hurt After Auto Crash Near Cuero
Ysabel Villa, 60, remained in Cuero Community Hospital after a Sunday accident near the city limits. Villa suffered three broken ribs and injuries to the head, shoulder, and ankle when his car ran off the road, struck an embankment, and rolled but did not overturn. He attributed the 3:15 p.m. crash to a blowout. Villa works for the hospital and St. Mark's Lutheran Church.
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Ysabel Villa
Cuero Community Hospital
Villa
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Yoakum names Miss Baker Bicentennial Movement chief
Yoakum selects Miss Nannie Ray Baker as general chairman for the city Bicentennial Movement after city commissioners designate Yoakum as a Bicentennial City and authorize filing with state and national commissions. R. G. Winchester heritage chairman, Mrs. E. R. Mayrant horizons, Jim Witte and Burt Witcher festival co chairmen, plus Beta Sigma Phi publicity committee.
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Nannie Ray Baker
Yoakum
Yoakum City
R. G. Winchester
Heritage
E. R. Mayrant
Horizons
Jim Witte
Burt Witcher
Beta Sigma Phi
Ruling in Cuero death cites self-inflicted gunshot
Justice of the Peace Albert Ley ruled the Cuero death of Frances R. Nelson 49 accidental self inflicted gunshot. Nelson died at Cuero Community Hospital after shooting herself in the left temple with a .22 pistol at her home on East Courthouse. Survivors include two daughters, two sons, parents, and one grandchild.
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Justice of the Peace
Albert Ley
Frances R. Nelson
Cuero
Nelson
Odessa
State Department of Public Welfare
505 East Courthouse
DeWitt County
Gail Jackson
Margaret
Marty) Woody
Deer Park
Lance W. Nelson
Frank Nelson
Houston
Frank Buckman
Karnes City
Winter Pastures Session At Yorktown High School
The second winter pastures session is at 8 p.m. tonight in the Yorktown High School Vocational Agriculture Building following Tuesday's Cuero meeting. Al Novosad of Texas A&M will discuss small grain varieties fertilization grazing management and economic factors of winter pastures.
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Yorktown High School Vocational Agriculture
Cuero
al Novosad
Texas A&m University System
Question of the Week Cuero civic center debate heats local poll
Cuero residents split over a new civic center with 16 polled eight favoring a new auditorium and stock show facility or combined use. Seven prefer remodeling existing facilities while one remains undecided. Financing likely via grants as Cuero eyes possible center following Seguin’s $850,000 grant.
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Cuero
Seguin
Jim Pratt
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