Local residents share travels and birthdays in Cuero area
Mrs Walter Wagner returned from Kansas and Denver with reports of 12 inches of snow in Colorado. The notes list visitors including Mrs Lacy Mae Lewis Hall and Rev Shelvin J Hall, plus numerous Cuero community checks on health, family events, and local social visits.
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Walter Wagner
Kansas
Denver
Colo
Colorado
Lacy Mae Lewis Hall
Iter
Jonas Lewis
Holy Land
Chicago, Il
Shelvin J. Hall
Karle
Ernestine Lewis
Cuero
Mutscher Faces Bribery Indictments Rally Behind Closed Doors
Indictments for bribery and conspiracy to accept bribes hit Mutscher and associates including Rep Tommy Shannon Rush McGinty and John Osorio. In Dallas, about a third of the Texas House met behind guarded doors Friday night to discuss next steps with no decisions made. Rep Carl Parker said allies fear Mutscher is a liability and members worry about serving on interim committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutscher
Tommy Shannon
D-Fort Worth
Rush McGinty
Insurance Board
John Osorio
Texas House
Dallas
Carl Parker
Dport Arthur
Parker
House
New Voter Registration Law Expands Certificate Access
The law allows spouses and mature children to obtain voter registration certificates for other qualified family members. It promotes voluntary deputy registrars to aid the registrar and paid deputies, ensuring minority groups have equal access. Volunteers must be 18 or older, of good character, and reside in the county. Thieme plans to appoint volunteers possibly in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thieme
Polliwogs And People In Cuero Social Notes
A light social column details Kathy, a sophomore at Incarnate Word College, crafting a papier mache pig for her father at Smokk Sausage Plant. It notes her art music and drama studies, a London Royal Academy session, and a European tour with an IWC group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smokk Sausage Plant
Bill
Kathy
Incarnate Word College
Royal Academy
London
Europe
IWC
Justice Black and the 14th Amendment's reach on rights
Justice Black argued that the 14th Amendment bound states to honor the Bill of Rights and treated the Constitution as his Bible. He carried it in his pocket and said the Constitution, not the court, made the ruling. His notable stances included school prayer bans and dissents on indigent defense and equal legislative apportionment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Supreme Court
Rural housing and disaster loan records set in FHA report
The Farmers Home Administration reports record private funds and loan totals for rural programs. Operating loans reach 100 million private dollars. farm operating credit loans total 275 million to 42 180 families. Ownership loans 265 million to 10 814 borrowers. Disaster relief loans exceed 127 million aiding 89 100 people on 19 801 farms. Water systems loans and grants total 340 million to serve over 2 million rural residents. Outstanding loan balance stands at 7.7 billion. County offices run nationwide with DeWitt Cuero office hours and Harold M Smith weekly Cuero supervisor hours.
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Page One
Smith
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
United States
DeWitt County
Cuero
Harold M Smith
Motorbike licensing rules and local testing details
Authorities warn that riding motorbikes on public streets without proper endorsements is illegal. Adults and youths must hold licenses and pass tests. Texas DPS offers motorbike law handbooks and tests at the DeWitt County Jail basement office. Local staff hold weekly rider tests and renewals, with hours 8 am to 5 pm. In Reading England a shopper failed to redeem stamps for a television set after eight years, needing two more books to complete the price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
Farbeser
Berger
Texas Department of Public Safety
DeWitt County
Reading
England
UPI
Elsie Hamlin
Elsie
Livestock Receipts Fall Off Amid Heavy Rains in Cuero
Finley Blackwell of Cuero Livestock Commission reports heavy rains reduced receipts though demand remained good. Friday sales totals included 1200 cattle 60 hogs 5 horses and 25 sheep with fat cows at 22 to 25.50 and cutter cows 20 to 25. Bulls sold 26.50 to 50 while stocker cows and calves brought 200 to 400 per head. Feeder heifers 36 to 52.50 hogs 16.50 to 18 lambs 21 to 25 and sows 12.50 to 15.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finley Blackwell
Cuero Livestock Commission, Inc
Blackwell
Husband and Wife Team Earn Praise in Cuero Project
The Houston based Singleton couple, operating a painting and construction firm, praised Cuero residents for their friendliness. Ed Sager and Harold Tiffin from Sherwin Williams and Discount Lumber visited the site, while a note from the Equal Employment Opportunity office commended teamwork. An insurance reviewer called the Cuero project exceptionally clean. Vera Singleton credited her habit of tidying up for the neat site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero
Sherwin Williams Paint Co
Discount Lumber Co
Ed Sager
Harold Tiffin
Singleton
Houston
Armstrong
Equal Employment Opportunity Office
Home Office
Osorio Linked to Hill City Bribery Case
Three individuals surrendered to authorities and posted bond in a bribery conspiracy case tied to Houston financier Frank Sharp. The U S Securities and Exchange Commission filed the lawsuit on January 18 naming Osorio as Sharp’s key lieutenant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osorio
Houston
Frank Sharp
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Yorktown VFW Post Inspection Reported
An inspection of VFW Post 136 in Yorktown was conducted last week by District 24 Commander A. W. Schaffner of Cuero. Louis E. Wuensch is post commander. Mrs. Buzzy Sinast is auxiliary president. A turkey supper was served. Schaffner was joined by Mrs. Schaffner and District Auxiliary President Mrs. Floyd Kelley of Refugio with her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
District 24
A. W. Schaffner
Cuero
Louis E. Wuensch
Buzzy Sinast
Auxilary
Proper oiling tip for electric scissors
To keep electric scissors in good running order use a drop or two of light machine oil on the blade pivot.
Justice Harlan Stricken By Spinal Cancer Report
The report notes Justice John Marshall Harlan II, age 72, was described by his physician as suffering from spinal cancer following treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Marshall Harlan
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Victoria
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San Antonio
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el Paso
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Austin
Texas U-Texas Tech
Mike Weber
Clifton
Richard
Mike Albrecht
Darrell Cooper
Refugio
Join Richards
Ford
Weber Motor Co
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Rockport
Libby Shults
Tames
Natho
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Forts
Texas
Canada
Sit
Elein Perry
W. R. Towery
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Receni
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Hianteville
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Helen Blass
Mobile
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Joseph Burns
Priday
Howard Green
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Jack Calk
Texas Tech
W. A. Parrett Jr
Pasadena
Eddie Leich
Linda Mills
Betty Tieken
Mary Ann Snapp
Roland Tieken
Joyce Roberts
Laura Montgomery
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Estelle Light
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Mrs. Mary Baron of
Joe Schwab
Fain McDougal Sr
Nolan Mitchell
Tina
Brenham
Robert D. Cox
FE. Johnson
Marlin Crump
Darrell
Corpus Christi
Mike Crump
R. L. Kuchler
E. Warn St
Rialto
Celvee
United Artists
W. Reuss Blvd
Electric Motors
Tel-A-Win CO
N. Esplanade
Polliwogs
Polly Howerr
Ton
Frances Vanzura
Tony Mumgie
Richard Buchhorn
Beale Afb
California
K. C. Buchhorn, Jr
Betty
the Record
Huntsville
Little Shannon Ratliffe
Mabel Claire Bell
Rosemary Kokernot
Cuero Community Hospital
Tommy
Jessie Shults
Ft. Worth
Key Allegro
Mazatlan
Agatha
Carl Wagner
Sheila Richards
Justine Osterloh
Elgin Poth
Mrs. N. A. Sanders
Marion Weber
Susan Kurtz
Justice Black
Guero
Sarah Street
Vera
Freund Funeral Home
Yorktown
Ryan
N. Gonzales
THE
Surface Burial Vault CO
Broadway Cuero
Cole Provision CO
SAT & Sun
ATH
Where
Cuero Federal Savings
Gonzales and
Courthouse St
Cuero, Texas
TVA
Esplanade
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