Youth Rodeo Draws Big Turnout At Yee High School
The Yee High School senior class organized a two night Youth Rodeo at Wilson Ledbetter Park to fund a senior trip to Dallas Fort Worth. About 1 000 attended the first night and more than that on the second. The event may become a permanent project and inspire an all weather livestock show arena and improved Cameron activities calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yee High School
Wilson-Ledbetter Park
Dallas-Fort Worth
Cameron
Microfilm Uses Highlight Local Herald History
A rural sociology professor uses Cameron Herald microfilm from 1970 and 1971, shipped via the local library to Texas A&M, with interest in Milam area human relations and a proposal for a library microfilm department. Oil and feature editor Lloyd Albertson’s Texas Star article earns wide notice, reflecting broader recognition for area coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Herald
Texas A&m University
Herald
Milam Area
Herald Oil
Lloyd Albertson
Texas Star
Texas State Technical Institute
Texas
Senator seeks agency eliminations in federal reform bills
A reader letters cites a plan to specify which agencies to cut as part of federal reform. The piece also notes Dublin as an early Irish town with Christ Church Cathedral, built atop a Norse settlement unearthed beneath debris per the National Geographic Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.C
Dublin
Ireland
Christ Church
National Geographic Society
Tourists Not Invited To China
Washington report notes that only top American figures and family members were invited to visit China after President Nixon’s trip. No dates set for U.S. tourist visas as officials say ordinary travelers remain unlikely to go soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Mrs. Nixon
Chou En-Lai
Nixon
Tricia Nixon Cox
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Hong Kong
Rural development bill sparks letters to editor
In a letter dated April 21 1972 a Central Texas taxpayer criticizes the House rural development bill proposed by the aging 11th District congressman. He cites Wall Street Journal skepticism and urges a return to a realistic farm program to boost profitable agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. House of Representatives
Texas
Congress
The
Wall Street Journal
Old Philosopher on Costs and Taxes Provokes Thought
A satirical piece critiques high meat costs modern debt, space program spend, and environmental pollution. It argues against ranchers profiteering, government tax schemes, and argues that political and social priorities miss the mark. It cites Jefferson and lampoons the IRS as a tax source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Service
General Motors
U. S. Steel
Telephone Company
I.T.T
Thomas Jefferson
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Frank M. Luecke
Don Scarbrough
Soe
East First Street
Atexas
Milam
Abraham Ribicoff
General Accounting Office
GAO
Division of Biologics Standards
DBS
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Consumer Protection Agency
By Joe Crump
Congressional Record Daily
Dublin History
Ronald Clarke Reuter
Washington
U.S
Peking
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
House
Gerald Ford
Carl Albert
White House
Paris
Arthur Watson
Huang Chen
New York
France
Air
Square of Heavenly Peace
Ae Wei
Life Magazine
T.V
Russia
Volga
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