Army Pilot Grimmer Earns Bronze Star After Viet Nam Action
Warrant Officer Jack E. Grimmer of Comanche earned the Bronze Star for heroism during a Viet Nam mission near the Cai Lon River west of Soc Trang. He and his crew directed fire, evacuated wounded, and kept their positions under heavy mortar and automatic fire, aiding ARVN troops and returning to base after multiple perilous runs.
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Jack E. Grimmer
Comanche
Viet Nam
Army Times
WO Grimmer
Pat
N. Page St
Vietnam
Tan
Nhut
Ava
R Company
Grimmer
336Th “Warriors
List
Cai Lon
Soc Trang
Delta
James C. Creagan
Rochester
N. Y
Soe Trang
Creagan
George W. Bur
Donald J. Hix
Pensacola
Fla
Hix
VNAF
44Th
ARVN
Burton
Zorey
Skip Rows Boost Cotton Yields In Texas Farms
Floyd M. Key County extension agriculture agent notes that after 1962 federal allotment changes skip-row farming rose in Texas. Amendments increased cotton percentages in 2X1 and 2X2 systems, shifting to four fallow rows. Trial plots with guar show gains and higher net returns per acre.
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Floyd M. Key
Texas
Deep Plowing Helps Control Peanut Disease
Floyd M. Key, Comanche County Agricultural Agent notes that deep plowing in peanut production buries crop residue to suppress Southern Blight and Peanut Leaf Spot. He explains deep plowing aims to bury trash deeply so it won’t reappear in cultivation and harvesting, aiding disease control as the season progresses.
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Floyd M. Key
Comanche County
Study Shows Interplanting Boosts Cotton and Guar Yields
System produced 279 pounds lint per acre. Interplanting with guar yielded 247 pounds lint and 357 pounds guar. Net increase per acre valued at $7.30. Results note one year cannot capture total effects, yet 4X4 inter planted systems show increased yields.
Rites Held For Mrs Hanson In Comanche
Mrs Dina Hanson 85 of Comanche died 8:50 p.m. Saturday at a local hospital. Born February 12 1882 in Loten Norway she came to Texas in 1905 settling near Lamkin. Survived by 3 sons 3 daughters 1 brother 4 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Monday at Comanche Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Walter A Anderson Brownwood officiating. Interment White Point Cemetery.
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Dina Hanson
Comanche
Loten
Norway
Texas
Lamkin
Grace Lutheran Church
Melvin Hanson
el Paso
Carl Henry Hanson
Brownwood
Walter Glenn Hanson
Cleburne
Clara Hanson
San Angelo
Martha Naron
Alice Stokes
Olaf Hoel
Hanson
Comanche Funeral Home
Walter A. Anderson
White Point
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W. J. Huddleston
Sidney
Stephenville Savings and Loan
Stephenville
Homeowners Insurance
Burton & Goodson
West Central Avesize
Herb Goodson
Arthur Chevrolet & Ods., Inc
Caen
Mr. Farmer
Comanche, Texas
Central Texas Fertilizer Co., Ince
Hooker
Farm & Ranch Trading Post
World News
Lone Star State News
Hooker Farm Chemicals, Inc
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P.O. Box
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Texas State Network News
THE
Lone Star News
TSN World OF Spoorts
Gospel Music
Texas State Network
Gospel Music Time
Mrs. Hanson
Irving
James D. Gray
Ruth
Don Gray
Will May
Gustine Mercantile
G&h
Khagss
Boss Irrigatio
San Angelo, Texas
Fred Ellis
de Luxe Motel
Central
Don Thomas
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