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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1971
Page
2
The article notes about 100 Texans are expected to die on state freeways highways and streets during the holiday period. It blames driver behavior rather than road or vehicle conditions and cites DPS calling this period Operation Motorcide. Last year fatalities rose 26 percent over the four major holidays.
Gov. Preston Smith keeps timing secret for a 1972 special session. He may delay until the last minute to push 1972 73 appropriations, or call during the primary period. He opposes an early session on replacing Speaker Mutscher while his bribery trial looms.
The Oberammergau woodcarvers guild faces a shortage of apprentices as modern youth overlook the craft. From 500 after World War II, the number declined to about 300 with an average age of 40. Competition from plastic and better paying office jobs threatens a centuries old craft and a local school now trains many students from elsewhere, not from Oberammergau.
Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes named five Senate members and four lay members to the Interim Committee to Study the Coastal Lands and Waters of Texas. Senators include A. R. Schwartz Galveston chairman D Roy Harrington Port Arthur Ronald Bridges Corpus Christi Murray Watson Mart and Jim Wallace Houston. Lay members are George L. McGonigle Houston Carl Oppenheimer Austin Bob Barnes Corpus Christi and William Clayton Bryan. Ex officio members include Texas Land Commissioner Attorney General Railroad Commission chairman Highway Department Chief Engineer and Parks and Wildlife Executive Director or their designees.
The article surveys Nixon's planned Peking trip noting must see sites like the Forbidden City Temple of Heaven and Great Hall of the People where Mao and Chou En Lai meet. It weighs whether the visit is official with hundreds of thousands in the streets or a private engagement at the russet walled retreat near Chung Nan Hai Lake.
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