Cameron's German Folk Fete Dancers To Attend Texas Folklife Festival
Cameron's Folk Fete, led by Charles Kunz, will join 140 Central Texans at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio from September 6 to 9. The 18 member volunteer group returns to original German music and steps to expand its repertoire and compete with other ethnic groups.
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Cameron
San Antonio
Texas
Charles Kunz
Cameron's
Folk Fete, Inc
Kunz
German dancers join Central Texas Folk Fete for four day event
F M L sponsors a large continental music showcase with taped performances. Dancers from Brazos and Grimes Counties will represent Central Texas among 2000 participants. Planners expect 100000 more visitors for the danceoff singoff playoff at HemisFair Plaza. Milam area notes Folk Fete is established though San Antonio may show how far ethnic fun has spread.
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Brazos
Grimes Counties
Central
Texas
Hemis- Fair Plaza
Institute of Texan Cultures
Milam
San Antonio
Cameron Lawyers Appointed For Stewart Murder Cases
Two Cameron attorneys were appointed to defend Douglas M. Stewart after a Falls County grand jury indicted him on two counts of murder with malice of a peace officer. The slayings of Deputies Albert Watkins and Dean Humphus occurred as they attempted to arrest Stewart near Marlin. Stewart, held in McLennan County jail, told Judge Patterson he could not hire counsel, prompting court appointment.
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Cameron
Douglas M. Stewart
Falls County
John B. Henderson
Robert L. Ellett
82Nd District Court
John C. Patterson
Stewart
Elbert Watkins
Dean Humphus
Marlin
Waco
Milam REACT To Sponsor Labor Day Rest Stop
Milam County REACT will sponsor a Labor Day rest stop for motorists from 6 p m Friday to 8 p m Monday 24 hour operation. Last year about 2300 travelers paused for coffee and Coke south of Cameron across Little River bridge. The club funds beverages cookies and supplies with donations and assists stranded motorists via citizens band radio.
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Milam County React
Cameron
Little River Bridge
Milam County
Citizens Band Radio
Alcoa Offspring Apply For Two Scholarships
Central Texas dependents of Alcoa workers may apply for two four year Alcoa Foundation college scholarships worth four thousand dollars annually. Applications due by September 7. eligibility requires upper senior class performance or at least a C plus average and three years of company service. Local selection board includes Jim Moorman and area superintendents.
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Bergeron
Alcoans
Alcoa Foundation
Jim Moorman
Rockdale Independent School
Moorman
Area School Super
Cummings Joins The Cameron Herald Sports Staff
Glynn Cummings joins The Herald as sports writer covering Cameron county and area events. An 18 year old freshman at Temple Junior College he played football at Yee High School and led FFA and Distributive Education during YOe High school career.
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Glynn Cummings
Herald
Cameron
Cummings
Temple Junior College
Yee High School
FFA
Yoe High
Cameron Herald
Texas DPS Warns Labor Day Weekend Traffic Toll May Reach 42
Colonel Wilson E. Speir of the Texas Department of Public Safety warns up to 42 people may die in Texas traffic over the Labor Day weekend. The period runs 6 p.m. August 31 to midnight September 3 with heightened patrols and a public prevention program named Operation Motorcide. Speir notes intensified enforcement for speeding driving while intoxicated improper passing and wrong-way driving and promises three daily fatal crash briefings.
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Austin
Wilson E. Speir
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas
DPS
New State Laws Allow Right Turn On Red And Extend Adulthood
Texans age 18 and over gain contracts, jury service, medical consent, and drinking rights under broad 1973 laws that also set 18 to 20 year olds as adults. The rules trim prison threats for small marijuana amounts and expand depot holidays while traffic rules permit right turns on red after stopping unless posted otherwise. Drug price posters must be displayed in pharmacies.
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Lyndon Johnson
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Lee
State Board of Pharmacy
First Bale Ginned At Buckholts Milam County
The first bale of Milam County cotton was ginned last week August 23 by Modern Gin of Buckholts. Al vin Glaser of Route 2 Rosebud brought the cotton in. The bale weighed 570 pounds with 2300 pounds seed. September 15. New laws may affect markets with bread in eight ounce packages.
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Milam County
Alvin Glaser
Route 2
Rosebud
ASAP Brochure Overstates Milam County DWI Arrests
Milam County Judge O B Harden disputes ASAP countywide DWI figures from a brochure on ASAP in Milam County It says 250 arrests in 1972 by ASAP teams operating since July 1972 Harden cites county records showing 134 DWI arrests in 1972 and 53 through August 1973 by all law enforcement He notes ASAP served Cameron and Rockdale only and recent surveys found no driver above .10 breath reading in Cameron and Rockdale
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Milam County
Central Texas Alcohol Safety Action Project
O. B. Harden
Judge Harden
ASAP
Harden
Cameron
Rockdale
DPS
Texas
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Ben Milam
F.M.L
Douglas Stewart
Alcoa
D. R. Dodson
R. L. Porter
Milano
B. C. Sims
Thorndale
A. K. McCown
Thrall
Joe Scrivner
Taylor
Jack Faulds
Caldwell
A. P. Kleinschmidt
Lexington
Oxsheer Smith
C. A. Wuensche
George Bredt
Duncan McGregor
LO Aug. HI
Speir
Department of Public Safety
Agen
Cies
News Media of
Buckholts
State Insurance Board
State Parks and Wildlife Department
Central Texas Council of Governments
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