District 15 plans curriculum and facilities for September opening
The district outlines a curriculum for slow learners and vocational students at the new school opening in September. It aims to integrate physical education to teach useful life skills, notes high school building plans for completion by September, and discusses funding and tax considerations with local gravel and cement suppliers involved.
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Cody
Rotarians
Paests
Beneft
Sull
Septemb
Nine Trail Rides Prepare San Antonio Route for Stock Show
Exciting plans unfold for Trail Rides entering San Antonio for the 71st Annual Stock Show and Rodeo. Nearly 7000 riders from more than 50 towns travel about 1200 miles into Texas for the culmination with dignitaries previewing activities. Trail Bosses named include John Hamilton Cuero D W Pardee Wet Toro Goodwin Gonzales A N Graham Rockdale Clifford A Morris Victoria Howard Slutting Karnes City Roy R Jarvis Atascosa.
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San Antonio
Gonzales
Altain
A. N. Graham
Rockdale
Clifford A. Morris
Victoria
Howard Slutting
Karnes City
Corpus Christi
Roy R. Jarvis
Atascosa
Laredo
Honor Roll At St Stephens Episcopal School
Elizabeth Burke and Mark Burke were named to the honor roll for the second marking period and fall term at St Stephens Episcopal School by Headmaster Allen W Becker. Mark Burke, tenth grade, and Elizabeth Burke, twelfth grade, are listed among those named for both periods. Eagle Lake, Texas. Around the clock prescription service at Eagle Lake Drugs.
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St. Stepien’s Episcopal School
Allen W Becker
Toino Grace
Mark Burke
George R. Burke
Lakeside Drive
Eagle Lake
Texas
Elizabeth Burke
Taxation Equity Proposal Discussed for District
A speaker concluded that any tax reform will be decided after due consideration and in the interest of equal taxation across the district, signaling a careful approach to regional fiscal policy.
GCCOMA Leadership Conference Heads to Houston
Officers directors and committee chairs from Gulf Coast area chambers of commerce gather at the Royal Coach Inn in Houston for the Finch Annual Leadership Conference. More than 200 businessmen and staff from about 20 communities will attend. The session opens at 4 pm led by GCCOMA President Terrell and adjourns after a dinner at 7 pm when H E Pittman will deliver the keynote address.
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Chambers of Commerce
Icownty
Gulf Coast Area
Royal Coach Inn
Semmary 2&H
Finch
Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce Managers Association
Chamber of Commerce
Web Sharp
Clear Lake Chamber
Gccoma
Terrell
Train Hits Stalled Car In Columbus Funeral Procession Tragedy
A train struck a stalled funeral car in Columbus on Rempart Street as eleven adults rode south. Tommy Clayborne suffered a severed right leg while the left leg was broken at the thigh. doctors saved the right knee. Police Chief Potter and officers Kiel Adeookane Svhatton Weimar Mercury investigated.
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Columbus
Tommy Clayborne
Kittle Jackson
Clarence Jackson
Southern Pacific
Rempart Street
Chet Ed Potter
Tommy
Potter
Gilbert Kiel
Alton Adeookane Svhatton
Weimar
Myercury
Construction obligations for the VA in 1969
Construction obligations for the VA in 1969 totaled about 300 million with new hospitals planned in Lexington Kentucky San Diego California Tampa Florida and Pla capacity of 1801.
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Lexington
San Diego
Tampa
Pla
Apollo 17 Return Route Confuses with Texas Highway Detour
The Apollo 17 astronauts completed their return from the moon and reached Ellington Air Force Base, Texas. The environmental quarantine capsule was retrieved by NASA personnel during the postflight operations, amid adjustments at Holston.
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Moon
Texas Highway
NASA
Ellington Air Pores Base
Holston
Colorado Soil and Water Conservation District Update
Soil District Report notes Cox erator Ewald Friedrich assists by District Conservation Erwin Pavlik updating complete conservation plans on farms. January 15 deadline for Texas Conservation Essay Awards Program entries for Colorado County students. Rubina Heinsohn and Carl plan converting cropland to Gordo bluestem and Kleingrass pastures for livestock forage. Now is the time to plan approved conservation practices under the Aguinatural conservation Program acPF with cost-sharing assistance around 50 percent of project costs.
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Colorado Soil and Water Conservation District
Ewald Friedrich
Erwin Pavlik
Colorado
SWCD
Rubina Heinsohn
Carl
Gordo
Lew
Mrs Mutscher Named State Mothers March Chairman
Mrs. Gus F. Mutscher wife of the Texas House Speaker was named state chairman for the Mothers March of the January March of Dimes. Clint W. Murchison Jr announced the appointment this week. The Mothers March, held January 26 in Texas communities, mobilizes thousands of women to door to door raise funds to combat birth defects. The March of Dimes is a long standing voluntary fund drive dedicated to fighting birth defects since its early campaigns.
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Gus F. Mutscher
Texas House of Representatives
Clint W. Murchison, Jr
Pallas
Texas
Pala
Communities of Tomorrow Warn of Urban Overcrowding
Seventy percent of people live by one percent of land as urban sprawl grows. If unchecked, an additional 100 million Americans could be housed in cities by the year 2000, on top of the existing 1.4 million in urban areas per Communities of Tomorrow.
Guns Stolen Alarm In Three Texas Towns
A spate of gun thefts occurred January 6 in Weimar Columbus and Sealy with shotguns and rifles missing from pickups. A Weimar resident reported seeing two boys near Ea gle Lake taking a .22 rifle. Leroy Pavlik later reported a missing 22 rifle and 12 gauge shotgun from his pickup. Sealy also reported a similar title of shot gun theft from a pickup the day prior.
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Tweed
Weimar
Columbus
Sealy
County Sheriff's Office
Fromm
Emil Welshuisewno
Fmjos
Eagle Lake
Leroy Pavlik
Weimer
Senly Ntrivers
State Domino Tourney Planned for January 18
The seventh annual State Championship Domino Tournament is set as an all day event Sunday January 18 at the American Legion Hall in Hallettsville. Registration begins at 8:45 a.m. with a $2.50 per player registration fee, according to GH Gerdes, chairman of the 1970 event.
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American Legion Hall
Hallettsville
Gerdes
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