Polliwogs and Centennial Happenings in Cuero
Cuero items report a found truck plate 8P-2537 at J C Penney corner awaiting owner pickup. Mrs Lorena Crews of Austin building a home in Concrete stores furniture in Victoria and visits Cuero with sister Mrs Jack Boothe of Yoakum. Centennial preparations accelerate with new office at Centennial HQ and plates arriving. Local residents plan to attend the Centennial event with Bob Reed Alice Naylor Win Oliver also attending. Avis Cochran and daughter Avis Ann arrive from Shreveport to help with wedding plans for Avis Reiffert. Cars shown at Weber Motor Co and upcoming 1973 Buick and Pontiac displays. Requests for a long dress for the senior pageant.
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E. R. Pietsch
J. C. Penney
Cuero
DeWitt County
Lorena Crews
Austin
Victoria
Jack Boothe
Yoakum
Avis Cochran
Avis Ann
Shreveport
Louisiana
Avis
Avis Reiffert
Bill Cochran
Bobby
New Ford Mercury Models Debut in Cuero Friday
The 1973 Ford and Mercury models will debut in Cuero on Friday September 22, announced by Mike Weber. The event marks the first public showing of the new designs, with details listed on New Ford Page 3.
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Ford
Cuero
Mike Weber
DeWitt County Oil Drill Targets Wilcox Wildcat
CICO Oil and Gas of Houston reports a new 9,800 foot Wilcox wildcat under drilling in DeWitt County. The test No James Metting sits five miles north of Yorktown on a 202 acre lease near the Franz Henecke Survey A-218.
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DeWitt County
Cico Oil and Gas Co
Houston
Victoria
James Metting
Yorktown
Use Of Blood And Blood Products Seminar Planned
A Cuero Community Hospital conference for doctors, titled Use of Blood and Blood Products, will discuss who needs blood how much and when. Presented by UT Medical School San Antonio associate dean Dr Paul Cutler, it opens a series of 18 Therapeutics Seminars.
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Cuero Community Hospital
Cuero
Blood
University of Texas Medical School At
San Antonio
Paul Cutler
Officers Elected for DeWitt County Taxpayers League
More than 1000 taxpayers gathered at the American Legion Hall in Cuero to establish the De Witt Co Taxpayers League. Officers and directors were elected to lead the permanent tax watchdog group formed to represent residents across DeWitt County.
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American Legion Hall
Cuero
DeWitt Co. Taxpayers League
Taxpayers League Formed in DeWitt County Meeting
A Cuero led gathering protested new property appraisals by Southwestern Appraisal Co and voted to form a permanent Taxpayers League. Officers named Charles Lucas chairman Robert Sheppard vice chairman J E Mudd secretary RK Blackwell treasurer with three directors per precinct.
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Southwestern
Robert Sheppard
Cuero Ranchez
Sheppard
Taxpayers League
DeWitt County
M. W. Bud Haun
Charles Lucas
Cuero
J. E. Mudd
Yoakum
RK. F. Blackwell
Coot Coppedge
John Braden, Jr
Grover Weikel
Hospital Awards $200 Scholarship to Mary Martinez
The Victoria hospital board awarded a $200 scholarship to Mary Martinez in the vocational nursing program. Sister M. Lucilla recommended her, noting Martinez volunteers at Bethany House for wayward girls and commutes from Victoria to Cuero for courses.
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Cemmunity Hospital Board of Directors
Mary Martinez
Miss Martinez
M. Lucilla
Lucilla
Bethany House
Victoria
Cuero
Oldsmobile and Chevrolet Models Display Planned
We are proud of the handsome array of 1973 models of both Chevrolet and Oldsmobile that we shall have on display tomorrow.
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Chevrolet
Oldsmobile
L. Due
New Buick and Pontiac Set for September Show
Buddy and Leo Coney invite friends and customers to their showroom on Thursday September 21 to see the new Buick and Pontiac models. A teaser directs readers to See New Buick, Page 3 for details.
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Leo
Buddy Coney
Buddy
Leo Coney
Eban denounces embassy death as unrest spreads in Mideast
Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban condemns the killing of an Israeli Embassy official in London. In Tel Aviv extremists claim attempts to arm U S interests, while Belfast troops fortify against IRA threats near the city’s hospital. Urgent tensions mount across the region.
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Mideast
Abba Eban
London
JDS
Tel Aviv
United States
City Drives to Replace Beat Up Cans Ahead of Cuero Centennial
Cuero launches a town wide drive to replace battered cans and cans without lids before the Cuero Centennial and Turkey Trot in October 2023. Don Polzin and Burgess Davis say red tags will be used. owners have seven days to replace the cans before the garbage crew removes them.
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Cuero
Turkey
Don Polzin
Polzin
Burgess Davis
Cuero-DeWitt Health Department
Private Ownership Of Gold Seen In Future
UPI reports growing push toward private ownership of gold as public ownership ends since 1933. Treasury resists amid international talks while mining interests, exchanges, and financiers lobby. lawmakers push for action. Potential price shifts and new mining activity cited, with risks and policy debates outlined.
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New York
UPI
United States
Pacific Exchange
New York Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Treasury
James McLure
Idaho
Congress
Jacob Javits
R-N-Y
International Payments Subcommittee
International Monetary System
Heart Attack Most Fatal in First Hour Say Medical Experts
Medical authorities warn that more than half of heart attack deaths occur within the first hour after onset. Prompt emergency care is critical to improve survival chances and reduce fatal outcomes.
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Polliwogs
East Broadway
C. L. Duckett
Centennial
Bob Reed
Alice Naylor
Win Oliver
Kerrville
Mike
Merilyn Weber
Weber Motor Co
Erma Pierce
Betty Walton
Nita Pakebusch
DeWitt
DeWitt County Taxpayers League
Hospital
Buick
Pontiac
Ulster
Belfast
Fetchit
Indianapolis
Stepin Fetchit
CBS
Xerox
Uganda
Kampala
Tanzania
UIET
Saigon
George McGovern
United Steelworkers
McGovern
Labor
Moorer
Washington
Thomas Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
John Lavelle
North Vietnam
Boston
Louise Day Hicks
Allard K Lowenstein
Brooklyn
John Rooney
Wayne Hartman
Victoria County
DeWitt Co
Ron Scherer
Treasury Department
U.S
Howard Hughes
Recluse
Nevada
Pacific Coast Exchange
Youkum
N. Esplanade
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