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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1977
Page
2
The entry shows a community notice listing department contact AC 817 697-6671 and notes second class mailing at Cameron Post Office Texas. It states publication schedule Sundays and Thursdays and gives annual subscription rates for Milam Trade Area nine dollars seventy five cents and elsewhere ten dollars seventy five cents.
The text discusses the albatross as a heavy symbol across religion and politics, likening it to Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner. It recalls the mariner killing the albatross, the ship’s omens, and the phrase about something being “like an albatross hanging round the neck.”
City planners and the Community Development Agency rejected two bids for the West Cameron paving and curbing job as both were about 35 percent higher than engineer estimates. The high bid was $432 000 and the low bid $424 000. Officials will retry, renegotiate, or subdivide to avoid delays while costs are reassessed. The text also discusses arson-for-profit and the Urban Property Reinsurance Act of 1968, noting rising property losses and audits to improve the act, with concerns over arson enforcement and federal crime prevention funding.
The United States plans a broad push toward full employment next year with the Humphrey Hawkins bill aiming to cut unemployment to four percent by 1983. Supporters call it landmark while critics warn of inflation and higher taxes, with much depending on congressional action and added measures.
National Heart and Lung Institute runs a three year study with 4 500 heart attack patients to test aspirin. Earlier data linked aspirin use to lower mortality. Research points to prostaglandins and platelets as mechanisms, with ongoing trials to define optimal dosing and long term benefit.
Historic notes recount a Mexican lion sighting in Yarrelton Beat 7 with screams, two gunshots by Mose Price, and later claims the animal was a manipulated beer keg bull. The episode underscores community fear and prayers in the 1895 era.
White House officials from President Carter’s team say a belated campaign is needed to clarify policy aims amid congressional and public confusion. Press secretary Jody Powell plans to cede duties to deputy Rex Granum while shifting long term messaging to explain actions in context.
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