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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1954
Page
2
The Shiner Gazette lists mailing details and subscription costs under the 1876 act. Rates shown include One Year two fifty, Six Months one fifty, and Three Months one dollar, with publication every Thursday.
Lavaca County Extension outlines late season cotton insect control. Growers must count fluff pests and apply poisons at intervals, examining fleahoppers, boll weevils, and bollworms weekly, selecting 100 plants or squares per field section, and applying pesticides every 5 days as infestations warrant. Bollworm notes warn against DDT alone and suggest combining aphicides if aphids appear.
June 3 1954 letter warns Washington aims to close fourth class offices and consolidate rural routes. Writer opposes the move citing community impact and notes a win on Tex as City tin smelter with Senator Lyndon Johnson securing a one year operation and possible private sale. Mentions Memorial Day Legion ceremony and Rural Electrification funding boosts.
The Shiner Gazette announces Democratic primary candidates for Lavaca County offices including Ernst Schultz re election tax assessor collector Theo Long re election sheriff Paul H Fertsch county judge Charles Strauss re election county clerk William A Eilers district clerk Joe C Goode Julius J Mikulenka constable Aug C Baca Louis Kurtz justice Jim Chotenovsky district attorney Paul C Boethel county attorney Leon Pesek congress 9th district Clark W Thompson Clyde B Kennelly representative Fred Niemann Gonzales County Precinct 2 Fay Autry re election.
Members of Company E 357th Infantry Regiment based in Yoakum Texas participate in a 15 day summer field training at North Fort Hood. Col W J Sutton reports intensive infantry drills including weapon fire bivouac and tactical exercises as about 750 basic trainees from Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Louisiana and New Mexico join the program.
Corporal Robert A Pesek, 25, son of Mr and Mrs Pesek of Shiner Texas, has been promoted in Pusan Korea where he serves with the Army 44th Engineer Construction Group. He is a demolition specialist with the 453d Engineer Construction Battalion, aiding railways highways pipelines and buildings in the Korean Communications Zone. Pesek arrived in the Far East in May 1953 and wears the Korean Presidential Unit Citation Badge along with UN and Korean Service Ribbons.
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