Local Precincts Note Absentee Ballots Ahead of Election
County Clerk reports about 50 absentee ballots cast including outstanding mail ins. absentee voting ends Friday October 30. Canvassing board of Tyrus Cox Walter Loudon Jr Hayden Osburn assists with three clerks. Campaigns draw interest statewide with Fisher Gill Bush Bush opposed in race for U S Senate. several other offices contested locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Scherer
Commissioners Court
Tyrus Cox
Walter Loudon, Jr
Hayden Osbourn
Proposals To Reform Congressional Seniority System
A Republican Task Force recommends changing the Congressional Seniority system by having the GOP Committee on Committees name chair and ranking members at the start of each Congress to reduce seniority limits. The plan aims to replace the outdated method with competence and ability as criteria for leadership. It notes critics like COMPE TENCE AND ABILITY and references votes and leadership debates.
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House
GOP Committee On Committees
GOP
House Standing Committee
Q C Fisher
Fisher
Harper News Notes on Local Visits and Home Sale
Harper residents report visits by Roy and Mauri ce Traweek families from Corpus Christi and San Antonio to H L Stevens home. Austin couple F L Glass and son Bill Glass visited, recently returned from six months in California. Jeff Elam sold Harper home to John Fergerson of Houston and will move to Fredericksburg after storing belongings.
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Roy Traweek
Corpus Christi
Maurice Traweek and Son
San Antonio
H. L. Stevens
F. L. Glass
Austin
Bill Glass
California
Jeff Elam
Harper
John Fergerson
Houston
Elams
Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg homemaker program features Jane McKenzies
Miss Jane McKenzies, field representative for Unique Zipper Company, returns to Fredericksburg for a sewing with knits and polyesters program on November 16 in the Agricultural Building with two sessions 2 00 to 4 00 pm and 7 30 to 9 30 pm. A related home care note offers tips for staging a house for sale and safe turkey roasting practices for the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane McKenzies
Fredericksburg
Milam Hall
Unique Zipper Company
Marble Falls bus overturns near Harper after game
A Marble Falls high school bus returning from a Junction football game overturned three miles west of Harper on U S 290 around 11 15 p m. Driver Otto O Smith 50 and four pep squad members were treated for minor injuries and released. Investigating officer Lynn Lueders said one set of dual rear wheels came off, causing the wheel to drop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marble Falls
Junction
Harper
U. S. 290
Otto O. Smith
Fredericksburg
W. L. McGinley
Schaetter Ambulance
Pamela Kinman
Terry Pfeiffer
Bambi Jay
Sharon Darnell
Lynn Lueders
Lueders
Kerrville Times
Kenneth Moore
Moore
Douglas Sheedy
IRS offers withholding form for tax on pensions and annuities
R L Phinney announces the form W 4 P Annuitant s Request for Federal Income Tax Withholding is now available at IRS offices. Retirees may request withholding on wholly exempt annuities such as Social Security and VA pensions. File with the payer to start withholding by next January, with a due date in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Service
R. L. Phinney
IRS
Southern
Texas
Veterans Administration
Phinney
Fredericksburg Visitants Attend Football Game
Mr and Mrs Felix Hahne of Fredericksburg attended the football game and visited daughter Mrs Elbert Feller and family. Mr and Mrs Fred Whitewood visited their son Fred Whitewood Jr and family in Fredericksburg Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Hahne
Fredericksburg
Elbert Feller
Fred Whitewood
Fred Whitewood Jr
Inredericksburg
Texas farmers seek uniform method to value land and timber
The text argues for a uniform assessment method for farms ranches and timber land across Texas noting tax jumps of up to 400 to 500 percent in one year and calling for relief and standardization of valuations.
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Texas
State Building Commission
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Harper Herald
Rubin C. Schmidt
Wolney Solbrig
Standard Service Company
Chester W. Schmidt
Alvin Biermann
Rocky Hill
Hilmar Weinheimer
Herman J. Hahn
Gillespie County
Milton Zenner
Frederick Kraus
Hill Country Implement Company Showroom
Ewald Schaefer
Willie Jenke
U. S
O. C. Fisher
Dick Gill
Preston Smith
Paul Eggers
Ralph Yarborough
Lloyd Bentsen
Bentsen
George Bush
Ben Barnes
Byron Fullerton
Crawford Martini
Edward M. Yturri
John C. White
Daniel C. Heath
Gerhardt A. Schulle, Jr
San Marcos
J. P. Ward
Meridian
Capitol Hill
Pol Pol Adv
Radio
Harper Locals
Leta Ann Thaxton
Pat's
Fredericks Surg
Bill Henderson
Sundowners
Longhorn
Harper, Texas
Mrs
Doyle Parker
Butane Company
Esiwak
Liano & Phone
Gillespie County Farm Bureau
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