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Newspaper
Herald Zeitung
Location
New Braunfels, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1985
Page
4
The House approved funding aimed at completing the Canyon Dam project as part of a broader infrastructure package. Lawmakers indicated the move would accelerate construction and bolster flood control and water supply for affected communities.
The Herald-Zeitung invites signed letters to the editor with verifiable authorship by telephone. Anonymous letters will not be published. Letters should be sent to Mailbag New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung P O Drawer 361 New Braunfels Texas 78131 or delivered to 186 S. Castell.
The debate over a proposed $18 million New Braunfels Utilities bond centers on whether the public should vote. Proponents argue for grass roots participation, while opponents say growth demands prudent planning and that an elected council should decide to avoid rate hikes and future burden on customers.
A roll of names and addresses for federal and state lawmakers and the Texas governor. Included are Sen. Lloyd Bentsen and Sen. Phil Gramm in Washington, Rep. Mac Sweeney in Guadalupe County, Gov. Mark White in Austin, Sen. John Traeger, Rep. Edmund Kuempel, Rep. Tom Loeffler, and other Texas representatives with their office locations and postal addresses.
A late Friday storm in eastern New Braunfels brought two inches of rain per hour, with a tornado causing $250,000 in damage at Wayside Mobile Home Park and affecting Conservation Plaza Goodwin Primary School and areas toward Geronimo. City Council debated using $11,250 of insurance dividends after approving $2,340 for higher employee life insurance. Senate Bill 797 would create a separate criminal district attorney for Hays County. A New Braunfels Marine veteran helped evacuate Saigon and described the mission in a letter to his parents.
A telegram from Senators Johnson and Yaborough notes the Senate Public Works Committee has reported the omnibus Rivers and Harbors bill, including Bleeders Creek project authorization. Also reported are New Braunfels High School graduates led by Preston Staats Jr. and Betty Lane with top averages, and a $1.168 billion water projects appropriation amid Canyon Dam funding in Eisenhower budget. A Comal County chamber study group met with the ISD board to plan a building program and gain patron support.
Fifty years ago notices announce an exhibit at Sophienburg Memorial Museum Auxiliary in June, asking for articles to be entered and brought in Friday afternoon per Mrs. Martin Faust, chairman. A test for oil and gas will start Monday by R.J. Gode and associates with a well to be drilled on Hicks farm near New Braunfels, Guadalupe County near the Comal County line. Gussie Fischer earns a certificate of attendance after nine years with perfect punctuality at Fischer Store rural school, per County Superintendent A.M. Fiedler. Four students from SS Peter and Paul School, Julia Wenzel, Gerhard Kuebler, Erhard Kuebler, and Benjamin Kuneuper, graduate in commencement exercises at Echo Hall last Thursday.
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