The Long Vowel and Southern Speech in Washington
Washington once was a Southern capital, carved from Virginia and Maryland, and a Carterite movement aims to restore Southern speech patterns among bureaucrats. The article cites examples from How To Speak Southern by Steve Mitchell with illustrations by Sam C. Rawls, Bantam Books.
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Washington
Virginia
Maryland
Boston
Texas
New York City
Palm Beach
Fla
Post
Steve Mitchell
Sam C. Rawls
Bantam Books
Griyuts
Local Dialect Notes on Food and Place Names
A playful regional texte with phonetic spellings and jokes about grits red-eye gravy and sayings. It mentions Shalot Shallotteans Etlanna and etymology of phrases with humor about Sherman and a playful line about vocal cords.
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Hale
Sherman
Etlanna
Shermen
New York
Rockdale editor urges Santa to bring state title glory
In Rockdale the editor Bill Cooke asks Santa to visit and witness the Rockdale team closing in on the state title, noting the squad as the second in school history to near a state championship in a Christmas message.
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Rockdale
Santa
Bill Cooke
Marijuana Charges Dropped for Gatesville Students
Seven Gatesville high school students were released without action after police apprehended them on December 5 for possession of marijuana but the probation officer said none actually possessed the drug. In Lampasas, a record county judgement of 2 035 354 02 dollars was filed against Billie Sol Estes by the Northern District court with Pacific Finance Corp as plaintiff.
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Gatesville
Juvenil
Lampasas
Billie Sol Estes
Northern District of U.S. District Court
Amarillo
The
Pacific Finance Corp
City sales tax rebates total 302.8 million for 1976
State Comptroller Bob Bullock released 1976 rebates showing Texas cities received 302.8 million, a 14.4 percent rise from 1975. Houston led with 10.3 million, while Cameron and Buckholts received 19,708.23 and 964.73 respectively, with 864 cities mailed December rebates.
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Cameron
Buckholts
Bob Bullock
Bullock
Texas
Hearne
Lott
Rogers
Rosebud
Rockdale
Thorndale
Caldwell
Calvert
Houston
Tiny Bloomburg
Comptroller's Office
Museum Group Plans Drive For Memberships
A county museum membership drive is planned in connection with a January or February opening. Security work includes welding steel bars to downstairs windows by Yee High School ag class. Committee to select exhibitions and invite county residents to loan items.
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Museum Association
Yee High School
Mary Belle Batte
Kay Green
Miss Batte
James Lafferty
Cameron United Way Drives Support for City Little League
Cameron’s Little League Association sponsors a large summer program with 164 boys in 13 teams. A new field at Cameron airpark is planned with lighting funded by United Way donations and local supporters, while the old field at Safeway hosts night games and girls softball.
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United Way
Cameron
Cameron's
Little League Association
Cameron Airpark
William Kelm
Association
Safeway
Individ
Rosebud Hires Lowrey For Marshal's Post
Milam County constable Maurice Lowrey will become Rosebud city marshal replacing John Curtis who resigned with assistant Charles West. Lowrey starts January 1, after Curtis and West left citing council conflicts. Falls County officials Brannon and Vanick have handled police duties with Mose Hill as part time aide. Rosebud also plans dam repairs funded by a 150000 HUD grant, with final plans to be submitted to the Texas Water Rights Commission and the National Soils Service in Dallas.
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Rosebud
Falls County
R. J. Brannon
Kenneth Vanick
Mose Hill
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Ed Aple
Burleson
Milano cowboy earns spot in 1976 NFR finals
Butch Bode of Milano placed second in calf roping at the National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City December 3 to 12. At 24, he and wife Vicky travel the rodeo circuit, with Bode often entering steer wrestling and calf roping as he tracks more world standings.
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Oklahoma City
Butch Bode
Butch
Vicky
Milano
Bode
Dallas
Ft. Smith
Arkansas
Phoenix
Arizona
Odessa
Unemployment Figures In Milam And Area
The Temple Texas Employment Commission office notes Milam and Hamilton counties have the lowest unemployment at 2.9 percent. Bell is 6.0 percent and Coryell 4.4 percent. Texas statewide rate is 5.3 percent with the U S at 7.2 percent. In October 1976 Milam records 237 unemployed among 8,166 in the labor force.
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Temple Office
Texas Employment Commission
Milam
Hamilton
Bell
Coryell
Texas
U. S
Milam County
Commissioners Seek Oil and Gas Valuation On Tax Roll
County commissioners at a regular meeting approved initiating oil and gas property valuations for the tax roll. Judge O B Harden will hire Thomas Y Pickett & Co of Dallas to begin appraisals, and the firm is currently working for Milano School District. Also noted, wolf trapper Clifford Morgan will be unavailable due to illness. The Interior Fish and Wildlife Service offered assistance to landowners. Deadline for next Monday’s paper is Thursday morning because of Christmas holidays.
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O. B. Harden
Thomas Y. Pickett & Co
Dallas
Milano
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Mcgregor
Guadalupe DeLeon
DeLeon
Georgetown
Williamson County
Temple
Bell County
Belton, Temple
Killeen
Museum Group
United Way Agency
Uals
Kelm
Lowrey
Young Milano Cowboy
TEC
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