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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1973
Page
2
The House approved a 40 percent minimum wage increase from 1.60 to 2.20 per hour covering government workers and maids, with 34 million workers affected if enacted. The plan risks higher unemployment, store closures, maid hours cut, demographic impacts, automation rise, and broader price inflation.
The Stonewall Chamber of Commerce hosts a Peach Show and Auction led by Dudley Althaus with peach bids at one dollar each. Jimmy Duecker and George Vogel oversee the peach events while Beef barbecue and specialty rodeo acts add to a weekend program produced by Smokey Davis Rodeo Co. Peach Queen contestants are named and books for the rodeo are open 2 to 6 p.m. at the Stonewall Motel.
Dr. Tex Sample will headline the United Methodist Southwest Texas Conference Lay Retreat June 15 to 17 at Mt. Wesley. He is a sociology of religion expert and associate professor at St. Paul School of Theology in Kansas City. Topics include The God Who Acts, The Human Response, and Power Justice Reconciliation. The event opens with registration at 4 p.m. Friday and features leaders Jo Anne Wilshusen, W F Hathaway, Don Hand, J Garfield Owens, John T King, and Henry Holloway.
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