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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1966
Page
3
Texas A&M University describes tabre finishes that curb static electricity and moisture, while keeping color and texture unchanged. Home spray-ons offer convenience but costlier and less durable results than professional textile finishes.
Hill Country residents will see up to date space program and Hemisfair 68 displays at the 5th Stonewall JAMboree in Stonewall Texas. Brooks Air Force Base Aerospace Medical Center and HemisFair 68 HQ will send films and exhibits. Saturday night the 1916 Texas Peach Queen will be crowned in the Stonewall Rodeo Arena.
Senator John Tower lauds NADWARN as a national flood and weather warning system. He urges funding and study by Appropriations Committees to alert all regions about floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, and other hazards, potentially saving lives and reducing billions in losses.
In Alabama the King bloc vote strategy failed to help his candidate. Despite federal election policing and registration drives by Katzenbach’s agents, Mrs. Lurleen Wallace won 399,024 votes while Flowers garnered 142,665, widening tensions over civil rights leadership and racial blocs.
Hardin Rake was honored with a Friday night reception on May 20 after his graduation at the home of Mr and Mrs Max Lange. Guests, including about 125 attendees, signed the guest book and viewed a red rose centerpiece with miniature boy graduates.
Weather notes describe a Saturday hail storm up to golf ball size at Buchanan Dam then two inch stones. Storm battered roofs and cars near Homble Service Station before torrential rain forced travelers to shelter at Herman Sons Mixed Choir outing at Black Rock Park. Reports compare Fredericksburg rain to hail events and note warm May highs near 100 degrees. The piece also highlights rising tourist traffic via Park Road 49 and calls for a State Park at Stonewall and the LBJ Ranch area to bolster recreation and local business.
The article describes Copan in Honduras as the ancient Mayan capital chosen for its climate and location. It notes priestly life in the city with ceremonial sculpture and celestial tracking, and comments on Mayan marriage contracts and polygamy. It mentions mathematical Mayan art and ceremonial obelisks.
The El Cha Chowan Fiesta in Llano runs 3:30 to 7:30 p m during the 1966 Llano rodeo with a Battle of the Alamo reenactment on June 3 and a talent and ARTE show on June 4. The three day event features pinatas, tortillas, Mexican food, and a growing display of cultural history alongside rodeo activities.
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