House approves economy cut in non essential spending
The Economy Bill trimmed nearly a billion dollars in non essential spending from an appropriation bill and cut public housing starts from 50 000 to 5 000. Interior funds were also reduced by over a million dollars by a Republican Democrat coalition. The letter from Secretary Sawyer explains Mexico export controls on scrap iron and the U S stance on preventing shortages and re exports.
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House
Appropriations Committee
Rio Grande
Mexico
Sawyer
Mexican Ministry of National Economy
Mexico City
U. S
United States
Secretary of Commerce
Local groups discuss soil and water plans in Gillespie County
The Live Oak Conservation Group met at Bruno Fritz's home on May 2 to learn about the Soil Conservation District and how it can assist members. Attendees included Fritz, Weirich, Karl Fritz, Shorty Crenwelge, Sultemeier, Chism, and Schlaudt. plans were made for a district tour and future meetings.
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Live Oak Conservation Group
Bruno Fritz
Soil Conservation Service Cencians
Edwin Weirich
Karl Fritz
Nebgen School
Walter Kordzik
Roy Jacoby
Madrid
Roy
Edmund
Edmund Jacoby
Ray Sublett
Marvin Smith Jr
M. A. Daniel
Soil Conservation Service
Brush cleared on Keller ranch and weeping lovegrass notes
Melton Keller cleared 85 acres of dense brush on his Stonewall area ranch using two Nelson and Meier bulldozers at about 4.00 per acre. The piece discusses brush control methods, goat grazing, and the introduction of weeping lovegrass as a rotation crop with fertilization, seeding, and management tips.
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Melton Keller
Stonewall
Nelson & Meier
Texas
Fitzsimmons Ranch
Llano
South
Eckerle Attend Hill Country Bankers Meet in Brady
Mr and Mrs E B Eckerle attended the Hill Country Bankers Association meeting in Brady on April 28. A A Metzger returned from several days in San Antonio and Corpus Christi. Mrs Paula Pape of San Antonio is visiting Harper this week. Pvt Hoover Casper of Camp Austerberry Indiana is on furlough visiting Harper and Uvalde. Mr and Mrs Richard Roeder and daughter Virginia visited Mr and Mrs Fred Hartmann in San Antonio. Miss Bonnie Metzger spent the weekend in San Antonio. Jacob Fritz and son Francis traveled to Arkansas this week.
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E. B. Eckerle
Hill Country Bankers’ Association
Brady
A .A .Métzger
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Paula Pape
Harper
Hoover Casper
Camp Austerberry
Indiana
Harper and Uvalde
Richard Roeder
Miss Virginia
Fred Hartmann and Sons
Out of Godfrey's Teabag and Tax Tales
This fragmentary item riffs on Arthur Godfrey style humor about travel money taxes and public figures. It lampoons Kefauver probes and pop culture with mock dialogue and edgy one liners about spring flights meat prices and household budgets. The piece closes with a tease about CBS Talent scours.
Initial growth of spring grass aids soil on poor land
The excerpt notes grazing and grazing management, but grass is mainly used on poor soils. It describes adding organic matter to improve soil, establish vegetative cover to prevent erosion, and long lead times before income, with alternatives for faster conditioning. It mentions visits by Misses Gloria and Virginia to Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Sellers in Uvalde and Old.
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Texas
Blackland Prairies
Rio Grande Plains
San Antonio
Sudan
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Harper, Texas
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Conrad Holekamp, Mgt
Gillespie County
Soil Conservation District News
Troy Foster
West Eckert
K. R
Herman Lindig
Knopp School Conservation Group
Ernest Hodges
Stonewall Conservation Group
Fred Mathisen
Paul Stehling
Seven Mile Conservation Group
Charles A. Stone
Bonnie Metzger
Jacob Fritz
Francis
Arkansas
Godfrey
New York
Washington
Arthur Godfrey
Frankie Laine
Kefauver
Uncle Sam
CBS
Magnolia Gas & Oils
Edwin Lange
R. J
Bret
Chiat
Comfort Mutobery
Gloria
Virginia
Johnnie Sellers
Uvalde
Old Mexico
Reeh Bros
Clemens Rech
Harper-Fredericksburg Road
Floy Bode
Mobil Gas
Mobil Oil
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Crusley Appliances
Doss
Fuller
Schnelle
Fabric & Baby Shop
Elaine
Vero
Mound and
Berkshire
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