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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1953
Page
3
An old post office notice from Cameron Texas announces second class mail under a congressional act with publication dated March 9. It lists weekly distribution and subscription rates: in M County $1.76 annually, outside county $2.00, out of state $2.20.
Pvt. Jimmie H. Robinson of Route 3 Cameron finishes eight weeks of military police training with the 1st Armored Division at North Fort Hood Texas. He trained with weapons including the M 1 rifle carbine mortars and rocket launchers and is the son of Charlie Robinson a dragline operator.
Frontier Texans showed ingenuity escaping ambushes as stories recount Uncle Seth skirting a camp on foot after tying his horse to a bush, a rider using an umbrella to scatter pursuing Indians, a captive dissolving into a wild chase, and Claiborne Orsburn surviving a scalp injury by playing dead and fleeing.
The Travelers Insurance Companies report from Hartford, Connecticut, cites over two million injuries and 37,600 deaths in 1952, marking the worst U.S. automobile toll. Speed was the leading deadly factor, with 13,430 deaths and nearly 600,000 injuries. drivers under 25 accounted for about 25 percent of fatal crashes. Weekend crashes caused over 15,000 deaths and nearly 750,000 injuries, with Sundays and Saturdays bearing the heaviest share.
The 1952 pedestrian casualties fell by over eight percent, marking a second year of improvement. Crossing between intersections, known as jay walking, continues as the leading cause of deaths and injuries in the reading.
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 2010 Ben Milam will hold an important meeting Tuesday night April 7 at 7 30 p m. District Commander Elmo Moss will install officers. Refreshments will be served and all members are urged to attend.
Pvt Paul D Woodum finished eight weeks of infantry training with the 1st Armored Division at North Fort Hood Texas. He is the son of Mr and Mrs James Woodum of Milano Rt 1 and attended Milano High School before induction. He trained with carbines machine guns mortars BAR rifles mines booby traps and rocket launchers under Major General Bruce C Clark who leads the division during its current training.
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