Texas Highway Commission approves 166 million upgrade plan
The Texas Highway Commission authorizes a biennial Consolidated Highway Program to upgrade 2.067 miles of primary highways across the state. The 166 million package includes 151 million for construction and 9.66 million for right of way funded by state gas taxes fees and federal aid. The plan aims to modernize heavily traveled routes to four lanes where needed and improve safety with bridges and shoulder paving.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Highway Commission
U. S
Highway Commission
Highway Department
Guaranteed income plan prompts White House discussion
A group including economists educators and union leaders urged President Johnson to guarantee every American an adequate income regardless of employment. They argue to replace welfare with a universal right and end welfare patchwork. The note comes from the Ad Hoc Committee on the Triple Revolution led by Theobald and Helstein. It is tourist season in Washington with about six million visitors projected from April to August spending roughly 385 million dollars.
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Johnson
White House
Robert Theobald
Theobald
Robert L. Fhelstein
C1o
United Packinghouse, Food and Allied Workers
Princetown
Theobald-Helstein
Potomac
Washington
Board of Trade
Observations and Local Reports of Sky Sights and Rain
A reader reports unusual sky objects described as satellites visible in western northern and eastern skies over a three month period, not stars or planets. Local residents note rainfall totals from Comfort and Petersburg areas with scattered hail and thunderhead activity.
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Fred Cross
Crabapple Road
Mr Cross
Mr. Cross
Hange & Field
AL Jung
Petersburg
Tine Jung
Doss Firemen Begin Work On New Headquarters
Doss Fire Department held its June meeting with 11 members. plans on the new headquarters were tabled as work on the old school building continued. A weekend storm brought heavy rain and wind, causing damage near Onion Creek and minor crop losses.
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Doss
Texas Scrwworm Threat Spurs Wide Eradication Drive
Screwworms have reached central and west Texas in May for the first time this year. Eradication officials warn the infestation could spread statewide if livestock owners do not treat animal wounds and monitor herds. Measures include sterile flies releases, targeted spraying, and kit-assisted larva collection with county agent support.
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Mission
Tex
Texas
Carswell County
Presidio
Big Bend
Mission Laboratory
Second Livestock and Meat Marketing Institute at Texas A&M
Texas A and M hosts a two day institute September 24 25 focusing on meat import export issues. A two hour panel features a meat broker processor cattle reporter packer and government official among others. Attendees include livestock producers processors and market men seeking mutual industry solutions.
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College Station
Ten
Texas A and M University
Ed Uvacek
Texas A and M
Avacek
Uvacek
Texas
Early Texas range and soil conservation notes from Harper area
Koennecke maintains an 18 acre Johnsongrass stand used for hay and grazing with deferred rangeland after cedar control. Eberle expands coastal Bermuda on sandy fields near Fredericksburg, stressing fertilization and grazing management. Dyer plans coastal Bermuda pasture rotations to curb erosion and retain cropland, while Fiedler brushes cedar to improve grass, noting mealy cup sage invasion elsewhere.
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Koennecke
Nebgen
Benn Ebele
Fredericksburg
Goehmann
Eberle
Bermuda
Lawrence Jd. Dyer
Thelivydale Road
Liver
Dyer
Dyers
Edgar Fiedler
Harper
Fiedler
Local Family News and Out-of-Town Visits
Mrs Cheater Moses joined by Mr and Mrs Raymond Arker traveled to San Antonio on Friday to visit her ill brother Warden Fairchild in the hospital with cancer. Lawrence Metzger Jr and family headed to San Marcos for SW ST College attendance this summer. Ant No: Mrs John Hughes and Dorothy Ann of Austin spent Thursday with Edwin and Bette Lang.
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Doss Fire Department
Clinton Nixon
Pete Crenwelge
San Antonio
Stanley Paul Sauer
Austin
George Garretson
Fredericksburg
Paul Sauer
Eileen
STSC
Richard Kasper
Annabel
Seguin
Shirley
TLC
Leatrice Feuge
University of Texas
Karen Geistweidt
ILC
Anthony Sauer
A&m
Betty Feuge
Abilene
Sul Ross College
Mia
Henry Baethge
Manteca
California
Daniels
Courtney Owens
Edna
Theo Munds
Fred Itz
Polly Ann Moellendorf
Otto W. Alberthal
Kenneth Friedrich
Sandra Bridges
Mission
Karl Friedrich
Lynette Bathge
Bishop
Alfred Baethge
John Welch
Karnes City
Doss
Roy Lange
Dennis Lange
Albert Schnerr
Dennis Langes
Lutheran Church
Cheater Moses
Raymondarker
Warden Fairchild
Lawrence Metzger, Jr
San Marcos
Sw.st. College
Lawrence Metzger
Harper High School
John Hughes
Dorothy Ann of
Edwin Lang
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Charles Schmidt
Morris Ranch
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AVA
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Charles Kingsley
Rudi Doerfler
Comfort
Pat Faust
Elnat Reed
Cypress Creek
Banudo Field
Onion Creek
Doas
Jim Faught
Archie Geistweidt
Ben Evers
Doss Lutheran Church
Nelson Geistweidt
Livestock and Meat Marketing Institute
Texas A & M
Hilma
Wachtmund Nzd
Gillie Pape
Prade Ranch
Billy Deitz
Houston
J. C. Cosper
Gene Harper
Harper, Texas
Zenith TV Sales & Service
MOBIL
Efloy Bode Company
Harper Lockers
Kasil Kinehn
Marper, Texas
First State Bank
Gillespi
Ruben Thiele
Mise Barbara
Betesse McDougall
Kerrville, Texas
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John Deere
West Main St
Fredericksburg, Texas
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Nathan Hale
Howard Parlor
Mebraveille, Texas
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