14 May 1971
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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1971
Page
1
Local church schedules for Pentecostal and United Presbyterian congregations appear alongside Catholic Mass times and Lutheran Bible School plans. Notices mention Mother's Day dinners, senior graduates, and region residents visiting Kerrville and Houston venues.
At Duke Medical Center Dr. John B. Reckless explores psychosomatic asthma treatment using group therapy and psychodrama to induce emotional release and teach patients to tolerate distress without medication. He notes medication remains essential for most cases and invites readers to contact the Alamo Area TB and Respiratory Disease Association for more information.
A stenographer in a company lounge during lunch hour lost balance while applying lipstick and fell, sustaining a back injury.
Kerrville and Ingram artists Peggy Wahrmund Jean Sandidge and Win Oliver showcase watercolors oils stitchery collage and weaving at Hill Country Arts Foundation Ingram with a May 15 16 viewing window and a May 23 June 6 stitchery show schedule.
State Welfare Commissioner Burton G. Hackney announced that when Social Security payments rise in June, most aged blind and disabled recipients in Texas will gain modest increases in Old Age Assistance while some will lose eligibility. The board raised standards to spread benefits, counting retroactive Social Security payments as not reducing state grants.
Texas Water Quality Board chairman Gordon Fulcher urges voters to approve Amendment 4 on May 18. The plan creates a state matching grant program to raise federal funding for wastewater treatment facilities from 33 percent to about 50 55 percent, reducing municipal costs to 20 25 percent and accelerating clean water goals.
The May 3 Washington protest failed to block traffic after 3 000 police and 6 000 troops intervened. Thousands were jailed. Rennie Davis and two Chicago Seven allies directed the demonstration. Narcotics, injuries, and property damage were reported amid a large police operation. Obituaries note Mrs. Albert Sieckmann buried May 2 in Greenwood cemetery with family survivors listed.
The 62nd Legislature proposes a constitutional amendment to lift the welfare spending ceiling for three groups and keep payments for needy dependent children and caretakers at 55 million, with other provisions on ethics, legislative amendments, and water bonds all on the May 18 ballot historically noted.
Mrs. De Voe Pugh of McAllister Oklahoma and her Missouri brother Clayton Parker spent a day in town visiting relatives including Mr and Mrs Dubois Parker. They also met Mrs C Wendel and subscribed to the Harper Herald. Other visiting families included the Caldwells from Austin and the Russels from Dripping Springs.
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