The Vietnam War Toll and Cambodia Crisis
American casualties in Vietnam exceed 100000 with 13600 dead and 86600 wounded and over 8000 missing or captured. Prince Sihanouk of Cambodia shifts toward the US as Cambodia faces China pressure, risking his visit by Mrs Kennedy and stability in a region under strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Sihanouk
Cambodia
Red China
United States
Washington
Peking
John F. Kennedy
San Antonio
Harper Hunters urged to join annual Bull of the Woods contest
Harper area hunters are invited to join the Bull of the Woods club before November 11 1967 for two cash jackpots. Entry closes at midnight November 10 and must be weighed by committee members at Floy Bode's Station. The contest is limited to local whitetail deer and uses a single scoring scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Hunters
Harper Area Hunter’s
Bull of the Woods
Harper Area
Floy Bode
E. T
Fimil) Wahrmund
Louis Friedrich
R. E
Rollie) Peril
Frank F. Staudt
Gillespie County Farm Bureau to Host Oct 19 Convention
The Gillespie County Farm Bureau will hold its annual convention Thursday October 19 at 7 p m in Legion Hall with State Rep Gerhard Schulle Jr of San Marcos as guest speaker Reservations are 125 for adults and 1 for children and run to October 18 at the Farm Bureau office Members may submit policy ideas for county state or national levels before the meeting Directors elections will include six new directors with outgoing officers listed Nominees include Roland Behrends Ted Mund and Felix Bernhardt Schulle serves on Agriculture and other committees and the body has laid out policies favoring state revenue growth via sales tax and opposing daylight saving time and high tariffs on imported farm goods
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerhard Schulle Jr
San Marcos
Gillespie County
Farm Bureau
Legion Hall
Farm Bureau Office
Lawrence Hartmann
David Beyer
Clinton Nixon
James McMahon
Rubin Sagebiel
Herman Eckhardt
Don
Ald Eckhardt
Roland Behrends
Ted Mund
Felix Bernhardt
Schulle
County Policy Development Committee
Local families visit relatives across Texas towns
Harper locals Mre Avan Feller and Mrs Sim on Cosper of New Uberia Lao visit their parents Mro and I Fred Kramer and Mrs Fel ler. Pete Kramer of New Braunfels and son Larry on leave from Virginia visit grandparents Mroo and Mrs Alf Kramer. Miss Andra Teague and Charles Dodds of San Antonio visit Mro and Mrs larry Willie. Mroo and Mrs Raymond Segner of San Antonio spend the weekend with relatives. Ben Frenzel and Ro F Vauske visit Kerrville hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mre
Avan Feller
Simon Cosper
New Uberia
Lao
Neo
Mro
Fred Kramer
Feller
Pete Kramer
New Braunfels
Larry
Virginia
Mroo
Alf Kramer
Andra Teague
Charles Dodds
San Antonio
Larry Willie
Raymond Segner
Edwin Wie
Ben
Frenzel
SH Angelo
Ro F Vauske
Leson Hospital
Kerrville
Local residents visit kin and friends across towns
Langford Metzger, son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Metzger, returns from Viet Nam to visit family. Lee Goff spends weekend in Dallas with Rev Roby Dean Goff and family. Arthur Lang and wife travel to Santa Anna on business. Ella Massey attends wedding of grandson Dudley Cade to Patsy Ann Jordan in Ingram. Archie Aten TIT of California visits grandfather Archie Aten and enrolls in school. Friends and relatives visit in Mesdames Boatright, Ches ter Moses, and Roy Cottle. W Keen visits sister in Junction. Vera Elam visits Kerrville with Clayton Massey and two children. Ronnie Lumpkins of San Mroes and party visit relatives. Albert Lang of San ntento visits sisters and family. August Kirchoff returns home from Keidel Memorial Hospital. Fred Whitewood visits Jkinsey home. Tarrs visit Austin to meet Jars Pare and John Tarr of Dallas. Joe Mack Scar ustin and Lydia Bierschwabe spend weekend with their parents. Robert Kensing of San Angelo spends weekend with them. The Pete Whiteworth wid Mrs Eddie Kensing.
Tour of Dan Auld Trophy Room in Kerrville
A fund raising tour of the Dan Auld trophy room at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Auld Kerrville is set for November 4 and 3 from 1 to 6 pm Tickets cost 1.00 for adults and 0.50 for children Proceeds help defray expenses for Mohair drapes in the Memorial Library Tickets available at Harper Dry Store and from Hill Country members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Auld
Kerrville
Memorial Library
Harper Dry
Out of town visitors attend La Pryor football game
Fredericksburg and Kerrville residents join locals for Fridays game with Mr and Mrs Sidney Heinemann and Miss Emma Jane Heinemann among those noted. Several families from Midland Houston Dallas and San Antonio were in town visiting relatives over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Heinemann
Fredericksburg
Emma Jane Heinemann
Kerrville
la Pryor
la Nell Jones
Dallas
Olle Parker
Navy to name carrier Nimitz as home for new ship
Congressman C C Fisher highlights the renaming of the aircraft carrier CVN-68 in honor of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. The Navy press release notes the ship will feature a two reactor plant, Naval Tactical Data System, and Integrated Operational Intelligence Center. The carrier, to be built by Newport News, carries a negotiated cost of 427.5 million with funds provided in the 1967 Military Appropriation Bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisher
Speaker
Navy
Chester W. Nimitz
Fredericksburg
Texas
U.S. Navy
Pacific
Secretary of the Navy
Nimitz
Japan
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Social Security Medicare coverage rules set for 1968
The article explains how the Medicare hospital insurance requires work credits for those reaching 65 in 1968 and beyond. It specifies no credits for those 65 through 1967 or cash-benefit beneficiaries, and details quarterly work requirements increasing with age 65 upcoming. It notes non coverage changes for the medical insurance program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Marley
Austin
Social Security Office
Harper Nuptials Unite Miss Spencer and Christopher Shaughnessy
Miss Doris Kay Spencer and Christopher Michael Shaughnessy were married Saturday at 7 p m in First Baptist Church Harper officiated by Rev C S Price with Pollyanna Barrett providing music. The bride, daughter of E D Spencer, is a Harper High School graduate who worked at the University of Texas Student Health Center. The groom, son of I Shaughnessy, is a McAllen native and University graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Kay Spencer
Christopher Michael Shaughnessy
First Baptist Church
Harper
S. Price
Pollyanna Barrett
E. D. Spencer
Harper High School
University of Texas
I. Shaughnessy
McAllen
The
University
Selected Hospital Administrator Named at Hill Country Memorial
Jerry Le Durr, who has served six years as administrator of Fredericksburg Hospital and Clinic, was chosen as Hospital Administrator by the Hill Country Memorial Hospital Board. He will assist part time during planning and construction of the new facility and oversee operations after opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry le Durr
Fredericksburg Hospital
Clinte
Board of
Hill Country Memorial Hospital
Dure
St James Lutheran to Sponsor LIFE Event in Harper
St James Lutheran Church of Harper hosts a LIFE campaign Happening on Sunday October 15 with a pancake supper at 6 30 p m and a film on Christian higher education. The drive aims to raise funds for Lutherans three seminaries eleven colleges and two high schools plus campus ministries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James
W. E. Doerr
ALC
Mission of Christian Higher Education
Church College
Victor Marscall
Gene Harper
Belton Tatsch
Max Lange
Victor Wendel
Etroin AR Odta
Raymond Spaeth
Elbert Feller
Couples honored with dance at community hall
Mr and Mrs Jack Phillips and Mr and Mrs Keith Kensing were honorees at a Saturday night dance at the Community Hall. Presented by Mr and Mrs Robert Kensing and assisted by Mr and Mrs Levi Kensing. Music by Dale Manning and the Night Hawks. Refreshments of cold drinks cake and coffee served. Attendees reported a very pleasant evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Phillips
Keith Kensing
Robert Kensing
Levi Kensing
Dale Manning
Hawks
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la Pryor Bulldogs
Bulldogs
Farm Bureau States
Cody EL Rod
Gary Rehe
Coral
Harper Locals
Albert Mazinke
Meedermehsburg
Edwin’ Sein
Clayton Massey
Hardin Rahe
Missouri
Ston Massey
Katinas City
Wis
Hardin’ Rahe
Stephenville
FEA
Hardin
Hubert Friedrich
Kerr County
Kerville
Harper EM Road
Justice of the Peace
Raymond Orr
Plummer Fair
Harper Cemetery
Fredrich
Albert
Martha Caroline Denton Friedrich
Harper Road
Mire Bessie Friedrich
Wilburn Friedrich
Ray Terry Friedrich
Hunt
Roy Friedrich
Oak Park
Sid Rees
Worth Thompson
Hereville
Langford Metzger
Lawrence Metzger
Viet Nam
Lee Goff
Rev
Roby Dean Goff
Arthur Lang
Santa Anna
Ella Massey
Dudley Cade
Patsy Ann Jordon
Baptist Church
Ingram
Archie Aten Tit
California
Archie Aten
Mesdames
Floyd Boatright
Chester Moses
Roy Cottle
Richard Bierschwale
Mrs W. Keen
B. W. McCorkle
Junction
Vera Elam
Albert Lang
San Ntento
Tax Lange
August Kirchoff
the Keidel Memorial Hospital
Fred Whitewood
Mrs . Jkinsey
Watkins Tarr
Mary Nell
Jars Pare
John ‘Tarr
Joe Mack Scarustin
Thea Dients
Lydia Bierschwabe
Mack Scarborough
San Angelo
Pete Whiteworth
Eddie Kensing
Lewis Stevens
George Helekamp
Turtle Creek
Martha Stevens
Houston
H. L. Steven's
Raymond Jones
Bobby Harper
Don Breaudham
John Tarlton College
Stephens Ville
C. QO
Buster Whitworth
Rock Springs
Pete Whitworth
Dermit Weiss
Gene Prestidge
Mas Lange
Elmer Lee
Woj Lennon
Mary Fon
Midland
Herbert Jones
Jack Koniyg
Little Son
Mer
Richard Roder
Kay Cottle
of Kerr
the Herald
Hon. O. C. Fisher
House of Representatives
United Miss Spencer
Christopher Shaughnessy
Osen
Jerry Durr
Social Security Administration
Barton Springs Road
W. (. Russell
Malcolm Marschall
Bride of Austin
Lisa Spencer
Bride
Marcelle Marschall
Edward
Joe Spencer
Jim Bob Stevens
Spencer
Methodist Hall
Ina Harper Lisa Spencer
Malcom Marshall
Darela Vallier
Ladison
Wisconsin
Groen
Inn of the Hills
Abe
ALE Ork
Mayfield Marttress CO
St. James Lutheran Church
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