HemisFair 68 Opens Doors in San Antonio Weekend
HemisFair 68 opens Saturday April 6 in downtown San Antonio with 184 days of exhibits and rides. Officials anticipate 75 million visitors to the 926 acre site featuring pavilions from more than 45 countries, the Tower of the Americas, a river and skyride, two levels of viewing walkways, and a range of performances from Bob Hope to the Bolshoi Ballet.
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San Antonio
Tex
HemisFair
America
Alame
Pofor Op cm
Alamo
Americas
Western Hemisphere
Bob Hope
Phyllis Diller
Don Adams
Bob Newhart
John Gary
Wayne Newton
Andy Williams
Grand Ole Opry
Don Carlo
Ballet Folklorico de Mexico
Bolshoi Ballet
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Hemis- Fair
Feller Assigned to Vietnam Hits Harper Texas Notes
Private Raymond O Feller Jr son of Harper Texas parents receives orders to Company C 1st Battalion 50th Infantry in Vietnam on March 7. The article outlines HemisFair San Antonio events and a regional historical tour including Gillespie County sites, LBJ Ranch, Padre Island dedication, and a press visit itinerary.
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Raymond Feller Jr
Vietnam
Raymond O. Feller Jr
Harper, Texas
50Th Infantry
Janice
Harper
Main Street
N. Bowie
Pioneer Museum
Fredericksburg
Gillespie County Historical Society
Tyrus Cox
Oompah
Felix Pehl
Alex Frantzen
General Telephone Company of
Southwest
Roeder Home
LBJ
World's Largest Movie Screen at HemisFair
The world's largest movie screen will show a 23 minute documentary by Academy Award winner Francis Thompson at the United States Pavilion. The confluence theatre with 1200 seats will host the film Confluence USA and its oval displays highlight Joe Louis boxing, Arnold Palmer, and art symbolic of pioneering peoples to HemisFair visitors.
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Francis Thompson
United States
Confluence Theatre
Confluence USA
Hemiskar
U.S
Arnold Palmer
Harper ISD Trustee Election Planned for April 6
Notice announces an election to elect three trustees for Harper Independent School District to be held in the Harper School Cafetorium on Saturday April 6. Voters will cast ballots at the designated polling site in this local school district.
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Harper School
Ervation
Jhoa
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Conmierce
Boy Scout Charter Rush under Way for Hill Country Units
Early 1968 charters arriving as districts list charter presentation events across Fredericksburg Stonewall Marble Falls Johnson City Llano and nearby towns. Each unit details sponsor organization cubmaster or scouter and boy counts ranging from 6 to 60 plus with multiple churches posts and clubs named.
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Hill Country
Bill Koch
Fredericksburg
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Clyde Thomas Gant
First Methodist Church
Dudley Althaus
Stonewall
Stonewall Community Club
James Welgehausen
Mason
Lions Club
Travis C. Hofmann
Marble Falls
American Legion Post
Max Taylor
Johnson City
Francis A. Rech
Llano
Alvin Hopson
Angela Maurer to Wed in June in Kerry
The article states Angela Maurer will marry in June at Notre Dame Catholic Church in Kerry with plans announced. It lists her father and Mr Thompson of Randolph as part of the wedding party and notes other family connections.
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Walter
Germany
South Acorn St
Klingehoefer
Gillespie County
North Acorn
West Schubert
Cross Mountain
John Peter Tatsch
Angela Maurer
Sanchie
Marble Falls Boy Scouts Outfit Plans Caney Base Trip
The Marble Falls Area Scouts led by Assistant District Commissioner Jim Hayes prepare a ten day canoeing expedition from Ely Minnesota to the Canadian Superior National Wilderness. Twenty five to thirty scouts, split into three groups, will travel with adult leaders and guides.
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Jim Hayes
Marble Falls
Hill Country
Have
Don Cook
West Texas
Cook
Kingsland
Mt Hayes
Somers
Ely
Minnesota
Superior Quebec International Wilderne
Paul Koch
Wilburn Shearer
Jack Hofmann
Asms
Mason Drow
Park Alets
Koch
Frederickbury
Tower of the Americas Nears HemisFair Opening
The Tower of the Americas will be completed and open by April 1 ahead of HemisFair. Everett Jennings, the Critical Path Manager, says the 622 foot tower includes restaurant facilities and equipment and more than half of the 112 projects are done with the rest progressing to welcome millions of visitors.
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Americas
Western Hemisphere
Critical Path
Everett Jennings
Jennings
Notice promotes Prompt Reasonable and Guaranteed Radio Service
The notice advertises Prompt Reasonable and Guaranteed Radio & TV Service offering repairs for all makes and models. It directs contacting Gene Harper at Modern Market in Harper and lists new radios, transformers, and TV sets with a phone number M4-2220.
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Gene Harper
Harper
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