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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1965
Page
9
Milam County residents voted against jail and courthouse remodels while Cameron Precinct 2 and several areas showed absentee voting strength. The piece notes long-standing issues in Milam Jail and courtroom crowding and calls for calmer, more informed future consideration of county needs.
The Christian Science Monitor argues Moscow wavers between desire to win propaganda and aim for peace. It questions if the Kremlin is baffled, waiting, or testing multiple lines while Geneva centers on nuclear control, not Southeast Asia, and urges a genuine Russian push for peace to bolster prestige.
Austin reports a wave of department relocations as state offices shift floors and buildings. Teacher Retirement System moves to the Lowich Building, Higher Education to the sixth floor of the Sam Houston Building, Parks to the American Legion Building, and the Building Commission to the Sam Houston west wing. Tourism moves from Sam Houston to Reagan Building, while the Water Commission relocates to the east wing of the Sam Houston Building. Government actions include rulings by Atty. Gen. Waggoner Carr and appointments by Governor Connally and Lt. Governor Smith, plus several committee assignments and a $2 million plus Community Action program grants for Houston, San Antonio, and Mercedes. A new Borden Chemical resin plant is planned at Diboll with initial investment of about $1.09 million.
A reader recounts a dream where President Lyndon Johnson wakes to find no major bills left to pass and only foreign affairs remain. The piece riffs on stalled domestic agendas like Medicare Civil Rights and tax cuts, then shifts to a real policy note on the Intra Coastal Waterway expansion and funding.
An examination for proficiency in Masonic ritual will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday August 14 in San Andreas Lodge 170 Cameron. John K. Mooney of Houston will conduct the test and serve on the Grand Lodge Committee on Work. Qualified masons will receive certificates at the Grand Lodge of Texas annual communication in Waco December 1.
Aluminum foil can be pinned across the back of a tent to reflect light. The shiny surface helps lanterns glow brighter inside the tent.
A 99 year old Cameron resident Mrs T C Ormon writes from Fort Worth praising the local paper and recalling the courthouse heritage. She mentions her father A S Ruby who helped plan the courthouse in 1882 and notes the corner stone should remain undisturbed if bonds fund remodeling. She moved from Cameron to Temple and Fort Worth over decades.
Randolph Green of Cyclone community Rt. 1 Burlington was appointed to fill the unexpired term of the late Anton Neens on the Rogers Consolidated Independent School District Board. Green fills a vacancy created by Neens long service on the board.
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