Two Session Summer Story Hour At Cameron Public Library
The Cameron Public Library splits the summer story hour into two sessions with new hours from 10 to 1 on Thursday and Friday. Children with last names starting Al attend Thursday while those with names starting MZ go Friday. Mrs Humble notes the division was for space and materials. attendance was as high as 60 on Thursday. Burkes leads 6 to 10 year olds on both days with slides of Anthony. Chamberlain runs the 3-6 year old group on Thursday and Earle Burke manages the Friday younger group.
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Cameron Public Library
den Homble
Gonzales Appeals Murder Conviction in Cameron Case
Gonzales gave formal notice of appeal after a jury found him guilty of murder with malice aforethought in a June trial in Milam County. The stabbing death of Simon Amador occurred August 21, 1965 in Cameron, with a 15 year sentence imposed and a contrary motion for a new trial denied July 19. Gonzales has remained free on bond since then.
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Hipolito Gonzales
Milam
Sth
Gonzales
Simon Amador
Cameron
Texas Department of Corrections
Central Texas jailbreak and university shooting described
The report recalls a 1965 jailbreak at Cameron and a near fatal escape by Cameron student Donna DuBois on the UT South Mall near the Tower. Bullets sprayed and casualties occurred for about 39 minutes as bystanders hid. The piece links these events to Kennedy’s Dallas assassination day in 1963 and notes the university shooting’s impact.
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Donna DuBois
Cameron
University of Texas
South Mall
Mass murders and public fear shape Cameron observers
Witnesses describe rising hysteria and futility as modern killings shock Cameron. The era’s silicon driven calls and primeval pressures push society to seek containment, while a haunted man ends his life like a mad dog on Monday.
Season Tickets On Sale At Yoe High
Yoe High principal Alvis Fuquay announced Cameron Yee men season football tickets for the press box section are on sale in the high school office. prior holders in section C may reserve their seats. deadline is August 18. Afterward tickets go to the public on a first come, first served basis.
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Yoe High
Yee High
Alvis Fuquay
Cameron Yeemen
Fuquay
Rain Delays Bring Relief as July Heat Bites City
Heavy heat and a brief drenching arrived early Wednesday, yielding about two inches of rain after 25 days without rain. July rainfall totals reached 2.43 inches while temperatures topped 100 degrees on two days, prompting official city readings for the week.
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Gardners
Heart Attack Fatal For Angell Farmer and Rancher Angell
Angell O. Angell died after a heart attack at his home early Wednesday and passed in a local hospital. He farmed and ranching in Milam County and ran Milam Grain Co. Born December 12, 1909 at Walkers Creek he was active in Cameron Saddle Club and Milam County Farm Bureau. Surviving are his wife, children Gene Angell Ferrell Angell Fay Gwartney, mother Mrs. Dave Angell, siblings Ivy Lavada Vera Oleta, six grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending with Morenk Lurns Funeral Home.
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Co. O. Angell
Ths
Mr. Angell
Molar County
Milam Grai Company
Walkers Creek
Cameron Saddle Club
Milam County Farm Bureau
Marietta Angell
Mors
Dave Anvell
Cameron
Gene Angeil
Ferrell Angell
Fay Gwartney
el Reno
Oklahoma
Ivy Angell
Houston
Lavada Hickman
Vera Robertson
Oleta Noack
Urban Renewal Referendum Set for Cameron August 27
The Cameron Herald reports no new questions on Urban Renewal ahead of the August 27 referendum. The plan envisions a downtown renewal zone of about four by five blocks, with possible demolition west of the courthouse, relocation aid for merchants, and long term low interest financing from the federal government to renovate and sell buildings to relocate businesses.
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Cameron Herald
Cameron
City Planning Commission
Fannin St
Tyson St
Crockett St
Urban Renewal Board
New Principal Charles Jones Announces Elementary Registration
Charles Jones the new principal of Ben Milam and Ada Henderson schools says first grade registration is Friday August 26 from 8 30 am to 3 pm at Ben Milam School. Parents must present birth certificates and a doctor’s certificate with smallpox polio diphtheria and tuberculin skin tests. Other new students entering Ben Milam or Ada Henderson grades 1 through 8 may also register on August 26. Jones 35 assumed duties August 1 after teaching in nearby districts. He is a Bryan native with a B A and M A from Texas A M.
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Ben Milam
Ada Henderson
Charles Jones
Ben Milam School
Jones
Duval County
San Diego
Refugio County
Bryan
Texas A&m
Ponna
Cannpu
Phave
Hope
Laruhia
Claudia
Otuden
Fin City
Wirtmjani
Denna
Donna DuBois recalls the UT Tower shooting near campus
Donna DuBois, a sophomore at the University of Texas, recalls spending nearly an hour on the South Mall as Charles J. Whitman fired from the Tower. She describes aid efforts, injuries, and the shock that gripped students and staff after the 1966 campus massacre.
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Austin
Donna DuBois
Charles J. Whitman
Donna
Texas University
Tmiajor
Jack Dubos
Baghth St
University
Whitman
Carmpus P
Dave
Witness recalls the Texas Tower shooting and its aftermath
Mrs Callaway recounts her husband Charles Whitman’s rampage near the University of Texas Tower. The couple described gunfire from the Tower, police responses, and crowds in the Guadalupe area as victims lay in the street. Residents faced shock and lasting remembrance of the August 1, 1966 tragedy.
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Callaway
Speedway
Eilers
University
Guadalupe
New Police Chief Assumes Duties in Cameron
Cameron selects Frank Chapman Jr. 40, with 19 years in police work, to lead a four member department. He notes a 13 percent national crime rise through 1964 and 1965 and plans 12 hour patrols with Patrolman Warren McCall. Chapman and family reside at 404 Washington with children Dennis Ray 17 Linda 15 Keith 9 and Douglas 4.
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Cameron
Frank Chapman Jr
Hamlin
Hale County
Texas Department of Public Safety
Austin
Chapman
Warren McCall
Vernie Miller
Dero Jenkins
Pat McCall
McCall
Washington
Dennis Ray
Linda
Keith
Douglas
Jail Escapees Captured After Four Hours On the Run
Milam County jail escapees Donald Ray Armstrong and Johnnydward Holsenback were recaptured four hours after their breakout. Sheriff Carl Black said Armstrong, 22, tied to Kansas authorities after stealing cars, and Holsenback, 18, AWOL from Ft. Hood, were seized near Hoyt station beside Santa Fe tracks at 11:50 a.m. Both remain jailed in Milam.
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Blackie Morgan
Leroy Broadus
Tom Kirchoff
Milam County
Carl Black
Donald Ray Armstrong
Johnnydward Holsenback
Hoyt Station
Armstrong
Kansas
Kansas Penitentiary
Cameron
Hiclsonback
Atlanta
Georgia
Ft. Hood
Milam
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UCT
BVEB
O'Osteents
Perdonnel
Austin Cy
Mende
Boon DuBois
Les Perdous
Allaway
Austin Grotery
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Br Callaway
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