Desegregation plan ordered for New Braunfels schools
U.S. District Judge Adrian A. Spears orders the New Braunfels School District to draft a desegregation plan within 30 days and to present views and a timetable. Jury selection begins in a federal income tax evasion trial of Judge O. P. Carrillo and his brother Ramiro in Corpus Christi before Judge Owen Cox. Gov. Briscoe unveils an energy council and forecasts no winter natural gas shortages in Texas. State Comptroller Bullock closes Jorge Mora Cafe del Norte in Laredo for back taxes totaling 7 500. Encephalitis cases in Houston rise to nine in the current outbreak. Texas Pacific Oil reports a West Texas gas well flowing up to 4 Bcf daily, a world record per the Railroad Commission. A civil suit involving Sen. George McGovern and Houston firms over Nixon reelection contributions is dismissed. San Marcos buys over two tons of beef for Chilympiad. Briscoe says he will outline views on each article of the proposed Texas constitution prior to the November 4 election.
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U.S
Adrian A. Spears
New Braunfels
O. P. Carrillo
Ramiro
Corpus Christi
Owen Cox
Bob Bullock
Laredo
Jorge Mora Cafe
Texas Pacific Oil Company
West Texas
Texas Railroad Commission
Dolph Briscoe
Texas
Fromme Foiled in Attempt on Ford Sparks National Outcry
Lynette Fromme, 26, is jailed in Sacramento on a 1 million bond after a Secret Service interception two feet from President Ford. Authorities tie her to the Charles Manson group linked to 1967 Tate murders.
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Lynette Alice
Fromme
Sacramento
Gerald Ford
Miss Fromme
Secret Service
Charles Manson
Sharon Tate
Portugal Crisis Deepens as Goncalves Is Ousted
A weekend upheaval in Portugal removed General Vasco Goncalves from power, opening a path to resolve the country’s political crisis. The report notes regional instability and expectations of a new government forming to address the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vasco Goncalves
Portugal
Bicentennial Flag Unfurled At DeWitt County Courthouse Ceremony
Lowell Lebermann of Austin presented an American Revolution Bicentennial flag and state and national certificates naming DeWitt County a Bicentennial county during a courthouse lawn ceremony. Cuero Yoakum and Yorktown bands performed as community groups and officials spoke on patriotic themes.
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Lowell Lebermann
Austin
Texas
DeWitt County
A. W Schaffner
Cuero
Yoakum
Yorktown
Frank B. Sheppard
Fletcher Houston
Hunt Elementary School
Scout
Cuero Girl Scouts
Rebecca Reese
Cuero High School
R. G. Winchester
Cuero Vfw Auxiliary
Pilot Club of
The
American Legion Post Auxiliary
Cuero Lions Club
Lowel Leberman
Robert Sheppard
A. W. Schaffner
Exxon promotes Cueroite to field superintendent
Mark A. Fischer of Exxon Company U S A Midcontinent Production Division is promoted from project engineer to field superintendent and transferred from Reservoir Engineering Andrews District Office to the Fullerton Clearfork Unit Andrews District. He replaces Fabian A Schooley who moved to Vernal Utah. Fischer hails from Cuero Texas and earned a BS in aerospace engineering from Texas A M in 1972. He and his wife SuSu Cochran reside in Andrews and he belongs to the American Association of Mining Metallurgical Engineers and the American Petroleum Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark A. Fischer
Exxon Company
U.S.A
Midcontinent Production
Andrews
Fullerton Clearfork
Fabian A. Schooley
Vernal
Utah
Fisher
Cuero
Texas
Texas A&m
SuSu Cochran
American Association of Mining & Metallurgical Engineers
American Petroleum Institute
Grave markers dedicated for two DeWitt County lawmen
Two Texas Historical Grave Markers were dedicated in Hillside Cemetery honoring DeWitt County lawmen. The ceremony featured invocations, biographical histories, and unveilings by descendants of Judge Henry Clay Pleasants and Sheriff Thomas M. Stell. A reception and guest registration followed the program.
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DeWitt County
Texas
Hillside Cemetery
Allen Roe
First United Methodist Church
A. W. Schaffner
Thomas M. Stell
Schaffner
Paul H. Breeden, Jr
Henry Clay Pleasants
Auditor Dorothy Gannon Approved by DeWitt County Court
Dorothy Gannon is approved as DeWitt County Auditor with a 5000 dollar bond. She was appointed by District Judge Joe E Kelly on September 1 to replace Lawrence Henneke on leave. Bids for group hospitalization and life insurance were discussed and tabled. Microfilming records by County Clerk Ray Gips was also tabled.
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Dorothy Gannon
DeWitt County
Eucharist at Grace Church to Honor Visiting Priest
The Rev. Stuart Thomas of San Antonio will celebrate the Holy Eucharist at Grace Episcopal Church Cuero during the 10:30 a.m. service on Sunday September 14. In the absence of a rector the guest will lead the service and the parish will host a luncheon in Proctor Hall after the service.
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Stuart Thomas
San Antonio
Grace Episcopal Church
Fr Thomas
Thomas
Cuero
Grace Church
Proctor Hall
Cuero Women Attend National Republican Women Convention
Four Cuero women travel to Dallas for the 18th Biennial National Federation of Republican Women convention. Delegates include Mrs. Charles Lucas from DeWitt County Republican Women with Mrs. Charles Riebschlaeger as alternate. guests include Mrs. Emil Penner and Miss Katherine Larson. Workshops Friday and local delegate meetings planned at the Fairmont Hotel and Dallas Convention Center.
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Dallas
National Federation of Republican Women
Fairmont Hotel
Dallas Convention Center
Charles Lucas
DeWitt County
Republican Women
Texas Federation of Republican Women
Charles Riebschlaeger
Cuero
Emil Penner
Katherine Larson
Lucas
Schiwetz Exhibit to Feature Berthold Family Art
DeWitt County Historical Museum on East Broadway announces an exhibit of Berthold Schiwetz family artwork opening Oct. 4. Residents with Buck Schiwetz paintings Pete Schiwetz sculptures or family photos are asked to contact Mrs L B Steen or Mrs A J Bohman with the provided phone numbers.
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DeWitt County Historical Museum
Berthold Schiwetz
Buck Schiwetz
Pete Schiwetz
L.B. Steen
A. J. Bohman
Turkeyfest parade marshall named by Texas Attorney General
Texas Attorney General John Hill will lead the 1975 Turkeyfest parade in Cuero on October 4 riding a white horse with aide Mark Wiegard. The parade, chaired by Robert Solleck, expects 27 entries with more under consideration and seating sold by local churches at $1 per chair.
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Texas
John Hill
Clete Einster
Hill
Cuero
Mark Wiegard
United States
Robert Solleck
Methodist Church
St. Mark's’ Lutheran
Sollock
Jack Calk
David Wills Street
Testimony begins for area marijuana case
William Wayne Weise, 23, of Yorktown goes on trial for a third time in a marijuana delivery case. A six man six woman jury was seated and testimony started Tuesday with District Judge Joe Kelly presiding. Weise has prior convictions and multiple sentences. Brasher faces retrial. Jury members are Cuero Yoakum and Westholl residents.
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William Wayne Weise
Yorktown
Joe Kelly
Victoria
Weise
Texas Department of Corrections
Garner W. Beck
Houston
Kelly
Cuero
Errol John Dietze
Donald Eugene Brasher
Byron Smith
Brasher
Charles J. F. Mueller
Leona M. Wishert
Evelyn L. Gregg
Jimmy Koranek
Edmund Tieken
W. E. Kuester
Minnie Scheffler
James A. Lehman
Doris Bitterly
Edwin Kelch
James L. Wenzel
Yoakum
Leona S. Konrad
Westholl
Cuero Youth Bitten by Copperhead While Camping
Nine year old Robbie Willis son of Mr and Mrs Gayle Willis of A M Route Cuero was bitten on the foot Friday evening by a copperhead while building a campfire His companion Jim Barlow was present and the incident is noted for page 3 copperhead reference with no further complications reported
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Robbie Willis
Gayle Willis
A&m
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