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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1970
Page
2
Entered as second class matter at the Post Office in Cameron Texas under the 1879 act. Published every Monday and Thursday with annual rates Milam Trade Area five dollars fifty cents and elsewhere six dollars fifty cents.
The Cameron Herald staff at 108 East First St. wishes readers in Central Texas and nationwide a Merry Christmas. They express gratitude for readers 1970 confidence and hope for happiness and peace for all, especially the less fortunate.
Riots over food prices led to resignations including Wladyslaw Gomulka and other Polish officials. Troops and tanks surfaced as mobs clashed in Warsaw with reports of at least a dozen dead and hundreds wounded. Edward Gierek emerges as a leading Party figure amid questions of central control.
Senate and House members from multiple states offer divergent views on the North Vietnam POW rescue attempt, praising courage and questioning policy. Some blame the operation as a blunder, while others defend the mission as necessary and bold. The controversy centers on the mission's impact on POWs and U.S. strategy.
A Grassroots Comment notes that current copies of the Congressional Record go to embassies worldwide and that both supporters and critics will monitor congressmen responses to the POW rescue mission.
Gov. Preston Smith orders the Texas Water Development Board to withhold all unobligated water study funds, citing a voter rejection of a $3.5 billion bond and a need for a revised long term plan plus possible short term water development actions.
A reader lampoons congressional inaction on a proposed Christmas Gift Support Program to cover gift spending deficits. He critiques geography knowledge and world aid since World War II, ending with a festive, humane note about people and Christmas cards.
Mark B. Blair, 18, a 1970 Rosebud High School graduate, was killed in a one vehicle crash east of Rosebud on SH 413 about 10 miles from town. His body was found pinned beneath a small foreign built pickup at 7 am. The inquest fixed death at 1 30 am. He lived and worked on the Truman Olson farm near Rosebud. Blair's father is William Blair of Weslaco.
J A Bowling, 60, died in a Marlin hospital after living in Cameron for 20 years. He was a Texas Highway Department maintenance foreman in Milam County and is survived by his wife, three brothers, three sisters, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at First United Methodist Church with Masonic graveside rites at Oak Hill Cemetery. Marek Burns Laywell Funeral Home handled arrangements. A separate notice reports Mare Posey funeral in Waco with burial at Marlow Cemetery, survivors listed as wife Viola, son C E Posey Jr, daughter Charlotte Perry, and 10 grandchildren.
C E Posey Curtis Edward Posey aged 69 died at 12 20 a m Monday at Waco. Funeral service held at 10 a m Wednesday in the Con-
Mrs. George Fischer age 85 of Rogers died Saturday night in Temple hospital. She was born January 11, 1885 in Washington County. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm at Hope Lutheran Church Buckholts with Rev Ervie Braun officiating. Burial at Hope Lutheran Memorial Park. Survived by husband George Fischer Rogers a son J T Fischer Rogers a daughter Doris Marie Pinard Las Vegas Nevada two brothers Walter Rachui Rogers Paul Rachui Cameron three sisters Alma Kuehn Houston Emma Kuehn Lake Jackson Eda Johnson Redonda Beach California two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Home in charge.
Buckholts Rural High School District implements a free and reduced lunch program for eligible students. Superintendent Leon Brady invites families to apply, with forms available at the school office and decisions made within three days after review.
Serviceman San Diego Navy Petty Officer First Class Joe E. Green, son of Robert F. Green of Calvert, returns to San Diego aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Buchanan after a five month Western Pacific deployment with the U S Seventh Fleet. Buchanan escorted the aircraft carrier USS Shangri La and carried out gunfire support for U S and Vietnamese ground troops.
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