City Manager weighs filling old Park Well amid doubts
Cuero City Manager Larry Smith considers sealing the old brick lined well behind the Bandstand in City Park after heavy rains damaged the capping. He notes the well may still be usable and could require 25 to 30 truckloads of sand to fill. If reused, drilling costs could reach five dollars per foot with depths of 900 to 1100 feet in hot months.
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Larry Smith
City Park
Smith
Cuero
Recognition Shown by Cuero Club Sparks Gratitude
Dear Mr Howerton thanks the Republican Women’s Club of Cuero and Cuero Record for September recognition. She says the award honors community service, aims to inform herself further, and expresses appreciation for the nomination and public exposure.
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Republican Women's Club of
Cuero
Cuero Record
Youngest Civil War General Galusha Pennypacker
The article notes Galusha Pennypacker becoming the youngest general in the Union Army at age 17, highlighting his early commissioning during the American Civil War.
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Galusha Pennypacker
Pennypackeras
Briscoe blasts Barnes in Texas governor race
Dolph Briscoe, Uvalde rancher and 1968 gubernatorial contender, targets Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes over the Texas Stock scandal. He accuses Barnes of permitting 1959 special-session banking bills and calls for leadership change, reduced taxes, and greater federal cost coverage for welfare. Briscoe pledges urban flight and pollution fixes.
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Austin
UPI
Ben Barnes
Texas
Dolph Briscoe
Uvalde
Barnes
Briscoe
Senate
Frank Sharp
City Officials to Attend TML Meeting in Houston
Four city officials and their wives will attend the Texas Municipal League annual meeting in Houston October 2 through 5. Attending are Mayor and Mrs. Jack Edgar City Councilman and Mrs. Jf Weatherly City Manager and Mrs. Larry Smith and City Attorney and Mrs Frank Sheppard. The city was also represented at the renewal meeting on September 15.
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Texas Municipal League
Houston
Jack Edgar
Weatherly
Larry Smith
Frank Sheppard
League
Cuero Chamber Meeting Delayed to Oct 5
The Cuero Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture postpones its regular meeting to Tuesday Oct 5 at 7 p m. due to a conflict. The session will be in the Cuero Federal Savings and Loan board room as Dewey Henderson explains the year’s work program for board approval. President Howard Bennett will then appoint committee chairmen for each project.
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Cuero Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Cuero Federal Savings & Loan Association
Dewey Henderson
Howard Bennett
Bible Thought for Today on Love and Friendship
A daily message reflects on greater love as laying down life for friends. It links friendship to action and word, urging genuine kindness and demonstration of care.
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John
Ginger Pounds North Carolina Coast In 90 MPH Hurricane
Morehead City and Beaufort faced the brunt as Ginger lashed the coast with 90 mile an hour winds ripping fronts from stores and downing power poles. The Caribbean Enterprise cargo ship reported trouble off Cape Hatteras while Coast Guard crews worked emergency power amid widespread sheltering and damage.
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Morehead City
N. C
Ginger
North Carolina
Cape Hatteras
Coast Guard
Caribbean Enterprise
Red Cross
Beaufort
Civil Defense
Harry Williams
Macon
Marian Muurphy
Dominican Republic
Murphy
Oil Waste Open Burning Banned in Coastal Bend Counties
Texas Air Control Board announces after October 31 1971 open burning of oil wastes at production sites in 19 counties including DeWitt will be illegal. Regulation I requires disposal by legal means when practical and letters were sent to over 830 producers. Contact for enforcement questions provided.
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Coastal Bend
DeWitt
Texas Air Control Board
Aransas
Bee
Brooks
Calhoun
bDe-Witt
Duval
Goliad
Jackson
Jim Wells
Karnes
Kenedy
Kleberg Lavacy
Live Quk
McMullen
Nueces
Hiretornio San Patricio
Victorma
The
Texas Air
Werner Sager 79 dies former Cuero resident in Pasadena
Werner Sager 79 a former Cuero resident died Saturday evening September 25 at his Pasadena home and was buried at Forest Park Cemetery in Lawndale. He was a longtime first chair barber at the H. C. Bohne Barber Shop in the Cuero Record building and later ran a barber and hair styling shop in Pasadena Witt County. He is survived by two sons Leroy Sager and Billy Warren Sager, three brothers A C Sager FE T Sager and Ray W Sager, seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Cuero
Pasadena
Forest Park
Lawndale
Werner Sager
DeWitt County
Harher
H. C. Bohne
Cuero Record Building
Witt County
Ray W. Sager
Jack Howerton
Ray
Werner
Cuera
Leroy Sager
San Antonio
Billy Warren Sager
New York
A. C. Sager
FE. T. Sager
Round Rock
Houston
Ad Campaign Record's Own Ad Campaign
The Cuero Record announces a congratulatory advertisement for Cuero Federal Savings and Joan Association marking their 50th anniversary. It states the ad is the Record's own effort and not solicited by Cuero Federal, per Advertising Director H. M. Berner.
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Cuero Federa Savings and Joan Association
Cuero Record
Cuero Federal
H. HM. Berner
Death claims A. A. Skopek at local hospital
A. A. Skopek known as Prenchie of Frenchie's Cafe died today at noon in a local hospital after a long illness. Funeral services are pending at Freund Funeral Home.
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Frenchie
Skopek
Puneral
Freund Puneral Home
Mutscher Delays Arraignment for Redistricting Meeting
House Speaker Gus Mutscher, indicted on a bribery charge, attended a Legislative Redistricting Board meeting after a court visit for arraignment. He said he was told to appear in court, while District Attorney Robert O. Smith noted the arraignment is set for October 7. Judge Tom Blackwell ordered the October date.
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House
Gus Mutscher
Legislative Redistricting Board
Mutscher
Travis County
Robert O. Smith
Smith
Tom Blackwell
Dairy Queen Ownership Changes in Cuero
The Cuero Dairy Queen at 302 N Esplanade announces new ownership by pew omvners. Friday and Saturday bring meet and greet events with Richard Cox and George Rusline plus specials including 10 cent burgers or shakes, five cent coffee, and 15 cent root beer. The firm plans remodeling and lists several other locations.
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N. Esplanade
Pew Omvners
Richard Cox
South Texas
Dairy Queen
Cuero
George Rusline
Eight Men Indicted In Stock Fraud Case
Federal grand jury indictments target banking violations in a widening stock manipulation scandal. U S Attorney Anthony J. P Farris says more major figures will be charged, aiming to capture the “big fish” beyond the minnows. Names include Ted Bristol John T Knickt and others associated with banking and real estate.
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Houston
UPI
U.S
Texas
U. S
Anthony J. P Farris
Farris
Texas Mouse
Federal Grand Jury
Ted Bristol
John T. Knickt
Paderal Deposit Insurance Corporation
John JB Hooper
Welton Adier
Charles L. Herke
Douglas N. Lane
Herman Neims
Carl Lund
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United Press International
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Kent Street
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Japan
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March of Dimes
Fort Wayne
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Werner Christan Sager
Ad Campaign Record
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