Tideland rights battle looms in Texas Congress
House committee reports a tidelands title bill amid repeated past votes and presidential veto threats. Federal suit seeks all minerals under coastal lands risking school fund wealth. Texas cites annexation era boundaries and long-recognized property rights. Also notes limited scrap iron exports to Mexico and a Commerce Department briefing.
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Texas
Senate
Trumann
Tidelands
Supreme Court
Uncle Sam
Gulf of Mexico
Texas Congress
United States
Republic
Texas State Teachers Association
US Senate
US Congress
United States Congress
Mexico
Secretary of Commerce
Roping Show Set With Groff Epperson At Schmidt Arena
Buddy Groff of Hondo and George Epperson of Cherokee duel in a big roping match at Schmidt’s Arena on the San Antonio highway next Sunday starting at 2 p.m. Groff, a noted rodeo contestant, brings a strong record. Epperson holds a 10.6 second calf tying mark at Schmidt’s Arena and has shone in major rodeos. The event features bareback bronco riding, Brahma bull riding, and calf tie-down with a barbecue lunch and Texas Top Hands music, drawing top ropers and stock from Bandera to compete. Admission is $1 with children free. stock from Bandera and other top feeders.
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Buddy Groff
Hondo
George Epperson
Schmidt's
San Antonio
Groff
Houston
Roy Rogers
Joe Davison
Ozona
Kerrville
Epperson
Schmidt’s
Rex Beck
Coleman
United States
Bandera
Schmidt's Hall
Lightning Strikes Zenner Ranch Home In Thunderstorm
Lightning struck the Robert Zenner ranch home during a Sunday storm about 7 p.m. The bolt knocked out the nearby highline and telephone line, seared the kitchen water hydrant, and a fireball crossed the kitchen floor. The Zenner boy Douglas saw the ball and tried to catch it. No injuries reported. Nearby incidents include a barn strike at Edgar Ahrens’ ranch with no damage, and prior week lightning kills two cows and a bull at Willie Apelt’s Cross Mountain road farm and another milk cow at Edward Schlaudt’s on Harper road.
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Robert
Sonny” Zenner
R.E.A. Highline
Douglas
Edgar Ahrens
Willie Apelt
Cross Mountain Road
Apelt
Edward Schlaudt
Harper Road
Sears-Foundation Sheep Program Selections in Gillespie County
Gillespie County 4-H Club members were chosen for the Sears Foundation Sheep Program on Saturday. Four boys received Rambouillet ewes with lambs, selected by committee chair C A Stone and members Victor Wendel Alex Behrends Roy Ienke Clint Brown and Eugene Lindig. Recipients include Carlton Wendel and Harper Bobbie.
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Sears - Foundation
Gillespie County
C. A. Stone
Victor Wendel
Alex Behrends
Roy Ienke
Clint Brown
Eugene Lindig
Carlton Wendel
Harper
Bobbie
Texas Visitors Report Short Trips and Home Visits
Mr and Mrs Roy Coker and daughter of Fort Stockton visited her parents Mr and Mrs Allen Gibson while spending a few days in Austin. The Stevenson Bailey Parker Roberts Curry group from Indiana toured Mexico last week. Hopf Dittmar families and little daughter traveled to San Antonio on Saturday. Carrie Calentine visited her daughter near Center Point and returned home Monday. Mrs V O Copple returned from a weeks visit with her daughter Mrs Spencer in Bertram.
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Roy Coker
Fort Stockton
Allen Gibson
Austin
Bill Stevenson
Earl Bailey
Indiana
Carlos Parker
Roy Roberts
George Curry
Mexico
V. A. Hopf
Robert Dittmar
San Antonio
Carrie Calentine
Center Point
Visitors From Indiana In New Braunfels Event
Mrs Bill Stevenson and Mrs Earl Bailey of Indiana attended a social in New Braunfels on Monday along with Mrs Carlos Parker Mrs Charlie Barrett Mrs Roy Roberts and daughter Miss Sue Ell as guests.
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Bill Stevenson
Earl Bailey
Indiana
Carlos Parker
Charlie Barrett
Roy Roberts
Sue Ell
New Braunfels
His Punch is His Signature
A train ride to Central City leads to a reflection on ticket punches as personal signatures. The author notes each conductor’s unique hole design, comparing it to individual opinions and tastes. Despite differences, everyone shares the same goal of moving forward toward a kinder, more pleasant world.
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Central City
Boys chosen for Rambouillet sheep project in county
Brown son of Clint Brown Harper David Sagebiel son of Ewald Sagebiel Fredericksburg and Cal vin Schumann son of Otto Schumann Albert were chosen by age past experience and facilities to care for sheep They must return an acceptable ewe lamb to the county committee yearly for four years Rambouillet sheep were selected by James A Gray Extension Animal Husbandman Texas A and M College from the George Canning flock Eden Mr and Mrs Albert Kaiser and son Charles and Mrs Willard Jackson and daughters visited Mrs A Baumann and Mrs Wm Kaiser Sunday Mr and Mrs V A Hopf visiting Albert Sagebiel family in San Antonio Mr and Mrs Jerryl James Ingram visited Miss Maretta Wedekind Tuesday night
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Albert Kaiser
Charles
Willard Jackson
A. Baumann
Wm. Kaiser
V. A. Hopf
Albert Sagebiel
San Antonio
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Colorado
Joe Marsh
United States Brewers Foundation
Jerryl James of
Ingram
Maretta Wedekind
Knopp & Metzger
Bemberg
Knopp
Metzger
Fredericksburg, Texas
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