Alcoa Lake Texas yields year round sport for locals and travelers
Alcoa Lake near Rockdale built by the Aluminum Company of America provides bass crappie bream and catfish nearly year round. The facility includes a concession for boats and supplies with a warm water area for brood bass and an extensive shore line with parks and shade.
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Texas
Gera Ratana
Alcoa
Aluminum Company of America
Rockdale
Old Game & Fish Commission
Alcoa Lake
San Gabriel
Little
Census Queries and Carswell Vote Stir Capitol Hill
The newsletter notes a House bill to limit census questions to six with voluntary extra questions and penalties for nonresponse, while the Senate did not act. It also covers Judge Carswell's Senate confirmation defeat and broader comments on court balance, partisanship, and the influence of AFI CIO and NAACP on judicial picks.
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House
Senate
Census Bureau
Carswell
Capitol
U. S
Haynsworth
Capitol Hill
Haynesworth
American Bar Association
Aficio
NAACP
South
Richard Russell
Indiana
Nixon
Supreme Court
Mason-Dixon Line
Afl-Cio
U. S. Senate
Twister Season Ahead Warns Of Vicious Weather
The Weather Bureau warns tornado season is near with forecasts of twisters across Texas and the Midwest. Forecaster Harold McCrabb notes variability, warnings improving, and general patterns while detailing risks, origins, speeds, and protection tips for homes and cellars.
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Weather Bureau
Pedestrian Crosswalk Parking Leads to Heavy Fine
A driver parking illegally in a crosswalk faced a $2600 fine after a pedestrian detour caused a truck to strike. The case illustrates liability for foreseeable harm when parking legally or illegally.
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George
Pedestran
Two Girls Earn Regional Track Meet Honors
Genevieve Fritz and Connie Honig were named to the regional track meet team. They left Harper early Friday and arrived in Comanche by noon. Genny ran the yard dash at 4 PM but faced strong competition, while Connie ran the 100 meter hurdles at 4 10 PM with similarly tough rivals.
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HHS
Big Jim
Connie
Genevieve
Harper
Georgia
Genny
Six Flags
Genevieve Fritz
Connie Honig
Comanche
LLJ Bkh
Combined recital at Harper School Cafetorium unfolds
Friday evening concert features piano organ and dance taught by Mrs. Howard Hamilton and Mrs. Gene Harper with twenty seven selections. Students and teachers praised for fine performance and year progress. Upcoming events include Freshmen end of year party May 8 Sophomore end of year May 11 FF A Banquet May 15 Kindergarten Graduation May 16 F F A Rodeo May 19 20 Final Exams May 20 school closes May 20 Commencement gym May 22 students return for report cards.
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Harper School
Howard Hamilton
Gene Harper
School Lunch Menu Fragment With Missing End
A weekly menu lists meals for Monday through Friday with items like chili burgers corn salad and fruit on Monday and ham sweet potatoes sauerkraut and cake on Tuesday. It continues with beans okra cole slaw cheese bread and raisins on Wednesday and hamburgers French fries lettuce pickles onions salad dressing mustard and jelly on Thursday. Friday ends with fish sticks baked potatoes beets carrot sticks and then incomplete.
Carrot Guidance and Traffic Liability Mixed in Odds and Ends
A jumble of notes covers car collision fault rules and carrot marketing tips. It discusses improper stopping in traffic, deer watching on highways, and a public service feature on nutrition and carrots. It notes May as Senior Citizens Month in Texas and mentions presidents issuing proclamations.
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NATO
Texas
Kennedy
Jonason
Nixon
America
Cost of living rises flagged in Finance Facts report
Finance Facts notes urban family budgets show an 11 to 12 percent rise from spring 1967 to spring 1969 with a 5 percent CPI increase since then. The Bureau of Labor Statistics details low, intermediate, and high budgets for a four person family, highlighting tax and price-driven increases across sectors.
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Finance Facts
National Consumer Finance Association
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Class of ’70 Heads to Dallas for Weekend Trip
A senior class travels from their town to Dallas on a multi day excursion April 29 to May 1. They visit the Dallas Wax Museum and Aquarium, enjoy Six Flags Over Texas, stay at Holiday Inn West, swim in the Olympic pool, and eat hamburgers for a dollar. The group bowls at Circle Alleys in Irving and returns home by 5 p.m. Sunday.
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Dallas Wax Museum
Dallas Aquarium
Six Flags
Texas
Holiday Inn West
Dallas
Circle
Irving
Walt
Harper Longhorn Band Spring Concert Highlights Seniors
The Harper Longhorn Band presented its Spring Concert last Tuesday at 730 p.m. The Concert Band opened, Stage Band finished, with Band Director Rupert Hornbeck recognizing seniors Pam Bierschwabe Linda Jung and Nancy Phillips. Connie Honig named 1970-71 Drum Major and Sue Rahe Jane Foster as twirlers. Nancy Phillips named band favorite.
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Harper Longhorn
Rupert Hornbeck
Pam Bierschwabe
Linda Jung
Nancy Phillips
Connie Honig
Sue Rahe
Jane Foster
Senior Tea and Installation of Harper High Officers
The Senior Tea at Harper High School on May 4 in the school cafeteria honored the mothers of the girls. Seniors received gifts and a fine program, with refreshments. The officer installation followed, naming Connie Hong President and a slate of vice presidents, secretary, treasurer, historian, parliamentarian, pianist, and other roles.
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Monaigh
Shhool
Harper High School
Connie Hong
Flaine Stehling
Lynette Honig
Jennifer Jones
Genevieve Fritz
Jo Beth Peril
Francis Jung
Linda Kensing
Kathy Landis
Linda Lee Parker
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Fredericksburg
Radio
Stonewall
Stonewall Arena
Stonewall Rodeo Club
Stonewall Gym
Bob Smith
the Smith Boys
Austin
Lehne Lumber
Harper, Texas
Mrs
Alfred Lehne
OUR
Clark Fisher
Jim Brigance
A. P
U.S
Harold McCrabb
Regional Weather Bureau
Fort Worth
Oklahoma
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
Illinois
Ohio
McCrabb
THE
Harper Herald
Regione
Chooww
Mersona Kourt
Fiat
Tts
Leta Ann Thaxton
Agen
He Ente Bar of Texas
Wil Bernard
Njp
Pat's
George Chambers
Moorman’s Quality
Philco Appliances
Zenith
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