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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1966
Page
8
The Cameron Herald lists staff changes with Walter Williams noted as founder of a Missouri institution. Editors Frenk M Luecke and Don Scarbrough are named as publishers, with address at 6520 Frank M Luevke, Cameron Texas, and reference to local identity.
The city announces a program of street paving and curbing from Fast Sixth Street to Last Seventh Street in Cameron. Officials say improved streets have spurred neighborhood development, raised property values, and enhanced appearances, addressing a long standing need outside the business districts.
The New York Post argues optimism may be needed to push Congress toward tighter regulation of gun shipments and sales. It cites 17 000 annual gun murders, notes 150 last year in this state, and calls for action on Senator Dodd’s bill while acknowledging congressional resistance.
Jackson and Fischer report delegates Barbara Jackson Dan Tuscher and Gary Kroeger join the Fourth Annual Texas Youth Conference in Austin. Sponsored by local clubs and the Cameron Lions Rockdale Lions Thorndale Chamber, the event aims to prevent delinquency and build youth citizenship through programs on teen juries tutoring workplace skills and civic projects. County Attorney John Henderson Jr. notes picks were made on high school principal recommendations.
Austin reports state officials John Connally and Waggoner Carr push reforms including life sentences for murders and stricter violence and sex crime penalties. A blue ribbon committee may draft tougher laws while gun sale controls face opposition. Carr to address the House committee in January.
Letter writer notes a Congressional committee found farmers not to blame for bread price rises. He argues profits flow not to wheat farmers and mocks the idea of farming facing scrutiny. He urges coverage of farming prices and signs off about cotton earnings.
A Senate election law committee chaired by Sen. Tom Creighton of Mineral Wells will convene a subcommittee on September 24 and October 13 to review current recommendations. A full committee hearing will follow before Texans vote in November on one election law change, with AFL CIO opposing a separate amendment for permanent registration. The Interstate Safety program by the Texas Highway Commission aims to boost highway safety with a $3.2 million plan to install breakaway sign supports and illumination pole bases on older interstate sections.
Frank Orts, livestock specialist at Texas A&M University, notes lean meat on steers has increased in the four year test period and points to higher lean yield in cattle. The report highlights growing efficiency in beef production and assigns credit to ongoing rations and genetic progress.
Sen Ralph Yarbrough announced preliminary FHA approval of a 76500 loan to Marlow Water Supply Corp near Cameron. Funds will expand a water distribution system to serve local families. President of the corporation is Charles B. McDermott.
The Texas A&M University Live Stock and Forage Research Center reports cotton yields from noncultivated plots are as high or higher than cultivated rows. Researchers test if herbicides can replace cultivation for better returns. An insect survey program now reports earlier and broader pest spread data coordinated by six regional area entomologists led by Joe Rothe of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service.
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