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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1975
Page
1
The translated diary argues Davy Crockett did not die at the Alamo but was captured and executed later. The document shifts traditional hero narratives and cites alternate fates for the defenders amid broader 19th century Texas history claims.
A federal appeals court reinstated William L. Calley Jr.’s murder conviction for My Lai. Mickey Rooney plans an eighth marriage to Jan Chamberlain, a 25 year old singer. John McGiver dies at 62 in New York. General Motors expects 1976 models to sell 25 percent above slump levels. Senate upholds Ford veto on oil price controls. Meany orders longshoremen to load grain for Russia amid talks with the U S S R. Over 1.5 million students remain out of school in New York and Chicago as strikes continue. Court-ordered integration shows no major violence in Boston and Louisville.
The United States and the Soviet Union discuss a possible swap of Russian oil for American grain in broad terms. Israel and Egypt negotiate final details of a new peace accord in Geneva, led by Kissinger as mediator. Sir Francis Drake relic search continues as a coffin is found offshore eastern Panama. Cambodia’s Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to palace and resumes nominal leadership duties.
Cuero’s Ruby Begonia arrives from Yorktown for the 1975 Great Gobbler Gallop in Worthington Minnesota. The Cuero team flies north aboard a Gulf Coast Wood Products plane with Captain Bubba Steen Sharon Ernste Sherre Ernste Phil Ernste Alan Kahlich and spouses. The first heat starts 1:30 p.m. with former VP Hubert Humphrey as main speaker and a parade to follow. Weather risks loom with a cold front possibly cooling runners.
William Wayne Weise, 23, formerly of Yorktown, found guilty of unlawful delivery of marijuana to undercover agent Byron Smith on June 15, 1974 at his Yorktown residence. Jury recommended five years in the Texas Department of Corrections and a $5,000 fine. sentencing set for Sept. 22 before District Judge Joe Kelly Garner.
The Cuero City Council enacted emergency ordinances establishing new landfill rates effective immediately including 1.00 for small pickups 3.00 for loads over 4 ton but under 15 feet 5.00 for longer trucks and 0.50 per cubic yard for sideboarded trucks 3.00 per ton for liquid waste 5.00 per ton for animal waste and required weights at the dump. An additional ordinance raised animal shelter fines to 3.00 first offense 6.00 per subsequent offense plus 0.75 per day board and allowed disposal if unclaimed. An impounding fee for loose livestock was also approved.
Three Cuero men Frank William Hadamek John Henry Boone and Greg Paul Ray faced trespassing and disorderly conduct in an attempted burglary case at Justice of the Peace Albert Leys office Bond set at 1000 each Also named were Kenneth Dale Schumacher Mrs Edmund Placezyk Raynaldo Carrisalez Dale Swan John Manley Hardwick and others facing various offenses in the county court and area towns.
The DeWitt County Commissioner's Court schedules a 1:30 p.m. Friday public hearing on the amended 1975 budget the proposed 1976 budget and the 1976 General Revenue Sharing Budget. Revenues for 1976 rise to 57 million from 48.3 million. oil and gas value boosts help justify the increase.
The 13th Court of Civil Appeals reversed a January trial court decision, ordering Cuero realtor Darrell Cooper paid a $1,500 commission plus $500 attorney fees and costs with interest from January 29. Cooper sued Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Wildman of Kerrville for $1,600, alleging a contract from November 1, 1973, and a $30,000 sale price for 83.05 acres. The trial had instructed verdict for the defendants.
Danny Tyl and Tony Maldonado were involved in a minor collision at East Broadway and Park Heights Drive after Cuero High School. Tyl was cited for following too close and Maldonado for driving without a valid license. both cars sustained limited damage.
Cuero prepares for the 1976 United Fund drive with an October 1 kickoff and a September 18 organizational meeting at 5 30 p m in the Cuero Federal Savings and Loan board room. Officers will be elected and a finance committee named as locals aim to surpass last year’s 11 000 goal amid rising living costs. Governor Briscoe designated September through November as United Way Campaign Months to encourage community support.
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