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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1970
Page
1
A pasted clipping lists names and addresses from Cameron area residents and others for a Texas semi weekly subscription offer. The piece ends with a joke about a computer advising a general and German paper reference Der Stern via ATLAS.
Milam County reports ten absentee votes in a slow opening for the primary. County Clerk Wayne Wieser says April 28 is the deadline to vote in person or request mail ballots, with completed ballots due by noon May 2. Absentee voting in county office hours runs May 2 for those absent.
Michael C. Allison, son of Mr and Mrs Eddie Allison of the Marlow community, receives the Navy Achievement Medal for outstanding field medical work with the Third Marine Division in Vietnam from September 11, 1968, to July 10, 1969. He previously earned a Certificate of Commendation for saving a Marine's life with a ball point pen during a 1969 incident. Allison, a petty officer serving as a corpsman, performed tracheotomy and used a pen casing to provide an airway after a Marine was pinned under debris. He is stationed at the Naval Medical Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, and plans to attend Texas A&M after discharge.
City calendar shows multiple meetings and events. Lions Club and Retired Teachers Association meet at noon and 3 pm respectively, Band Boosters gather at Cameron Junior High, City Council meets at 5 30 pm, Aggie Master event at 7 30 pm, Rotary Club hosts noon gathering, Spring Festival and Masonic Lodge events occur in late April.
The Basic Adult Education program expands to Rockdale and Milano with 85 enrollees in Cameron and 31 in Hearne. Classes run Tuesdays and Thursdays 7 to 10 p.m. at Rockdale Elementary annex and Milano School. Instructors include Arthur Leggett D A Boney and Vance McDonald.
The Cameron Band Booster Club meets Monday at 7 30 in the junior high cafeteria. Members will perform a short concert and discuss plans for the May 1 spring band concert and the weenie roast. The May 1 concert at Yoe High tennis courts features multiple bands and is Bob Carney's final year as director before he retires to enter the ministry.
Ruby Arledge, Yee High School counselor, was hospitalized after a one car crash on a seldom used county road about eight miles south of Buckholts. State Highway Patrolman Leroy Broadus reported facial injuries from the Tuesday night accident.
Five Future Farmers of America members received special awards at the Cameron Yoe FFA annual parent and son banquet held in Simon George Hall. New officers were installed and proficiency award winners named across fruit tree, ornamental horticulture, crop production, and other categories with Dr. Robert Titsworth among cited co op employers.
J Estel Johnston Milam County Republican Committee chairman was named county campaign manager by George Bush in his Senate race. Paul Eggers named Jack Tumlinson of Cameron as his county campaign manager.
Several applications have been received in the Farmers Home Administration county office at Cameron for loans under the Conditional Commitment for rural housing loans program. The first commitment was granted to National Building Centers Inc of Rockdale for a new home to be built and sold there.
Dr. C. G. Swift, Milam County Health Unit Director, says Elgin diphtheria cases pose no broader threat. About 25 pupils ill and 71 carriers immune. mass inoculation planned with 1,000 vaccine doses received. Fourth to sixth grades most affected. boosters urged for all diseases.
Texas Highway Department reports that work on Highway 77 between Cameron and Minerva should be completed by the end of next week. Wet weather delayed final sealing. shoulders to be topped with white rock. The widened road adds a climbing lane and allows slower vehicles to stay right.
Cameron hosts the annual Aggie Muster at 7 30 in the Methodist Fellowship Hall chaired by Stanley J. Glaser. The event honors former Texas A&M students who have died with guest speaker Dr Richard C Potts assistant dean of Agriculture at Texas A&M University.
A workmans compensation suit in Milam District Court was settled out of court for 3300 to employee Jimmie T Broaddus of Alcoa. The suit appealed an Industrial Accident Board award of 3645 for injuries suffered in 1966 while cleaning a potline. Broaddus testified about the accident and treatment.
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