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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1969
Page
4
The Tax Foundation estimates fiscal 1969 taxes will average 3927 per American family, up 370 from 1968. Since 1956 total tax receipts rise, federal receipts more than doubled while state and local receipts nearly tripled. The report urges careful expenditure screening, overlap elimination, and priority setting at all government levels.
Health and Safety column advises slow careful reading of medicine labels. The Council on Family Health urges understanding directions, double checking, and testing comprehension to ensure correct dosages, usage, storage, and cautions.
No. Social Security benefits are not reduced because of another pension.
Shiner High School held its 1968-69 commencement at 8 15 p m Friday May 1969 at the high school field. Gayle Biehunke was valedictorian and Andrew Brosh led awards. Kenneth Otto presented diplomas. principal Max Seidenberger announced awards to numerous students across academics and activities.
Paul T. Elliott of Fort Worth is among 138 candidates to earn the doctor of medicine degree at UTMB’s 79th commencement in Moody Civic Center on June 11. Guest speaker Merlin DuVal of Arizona College of Medicine will address new physicians. Elliott interned at UTMB Hospital and U S Public Health Service Hospital in Galveston and Iowa City.
The Texas delegation defended the 6.8 billion Agriculture Department appropriation against amendments and upheld the ACP program providing cost sharing for soil and water conservation. A Findley amendment to cap farm payments at 20,000 was defeated. Additional funding was approved for pesticide controls and avian leukosis research with 10 million earmarked for state grants.
In a discussion of space travel and Earth as a spaceship, the piece argues for recycling to convert waste into usable materials. It links resource limits, pollution, and population growth to the need for efficient waste management and resource conservation. It also cites President Nixon on libraries as educational banks facing federal budget cuts reducing support for library services.
Marine Lance Corporal Claude L. Pohler, son of Mr and Mrs Edwin H Pohler of Shiner, earned a meritorious combat promotion to corporal. He has served 100 months with the 2d Battalion 12th Marines known as the Thundering Guns of Death, stationed at Don Ha and moving between Fire Support Bases to support operations. Pohler is a 1967 Shiner High School graduate and previously served at Camp Pendleton California.
Vernon Drozd, renowned Czechoslovakian artist, will perform at the Hallettsville American Legion Hall Sunday June 8 from 8 45 p m to 12 45 a m. The native entertainer plays multiple instruments and blends blues Latin country and folk. tickets cost 1 25 per person with a parish picnic on the grounds.
A 1963 concrete trestle bridge across Lake Pontchartrain at Sidell is described as the longest in the United States at 28 500 feet while the Golden Gate spans 4 200 feet. The note praises quick courteous service and invites customers to visit the business.
The second annual JETS supper and exhibit was held May 20, 1969 in the Shiner High School Cafetorium. Members and parents enjoyed a pot luck meal followed by talks on projects and a summary of the year’s activities. Winners of the science fair received prizes and scholarships, including Gayle Biehunke with Fluidics, Karen Blohm and Karen Wendt with Van de Graff Electricity Generator, and Andrew Brosh with Stroboscopic Light.
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