Cameron and Milam County Face Broad Growth in 1968
The 1968 outlook for Cameron and Milam County highlights new streets and paving, a new US 77 segment, downtown improvements, urban renewal planning, expanded parks and cemeteries with sales tax revenue, a Katacomb Teen Club start, federal housing, courthouse remodeling with elevator, dairying and feedlot growth at Elm Creek, cotton struggles, Aloca expansion with 130 new jobs, and continued school hospital and infrastructure upgrades. urban planning and library votes show strong citizen support.
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Cameron
Milam County
Minerva
Katacomb
Milam Courthouse
Elm Creek
Milam
Aloca
Cameron Library
HemisFair 63 Tickets Available in Cameron Area
Cameron Chamber of Commerce will sell HemisFair '63 discount tickets at about 72 counties and Lone Star Gas office. Tickets include single admissions and four bonus books with savings up to 30 percent. Gates will not sell these bonus books. fair runs April 6 to October 6, 1968. Einstein arrived in Princeton in 1933.
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Cameron Chamber of Commerce
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United States
Lone Star Gas Office
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Cameron
Junior Colleges Proposed To Relieve Larger Texas Schools
The Texas Coordinating Board favors a regional junior college system with 52 regions and 70 to 75 campuses to serve 727,000 state students by 1985. Regions around Amarillo, Lubbock, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, and Waco would host new or expanded two-year schools, ensuring at least one per region and enrollment thresholds of 500 for new schools. Public hearings set for January 8 in Austin.
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Austin
Coordinating Board
The
Texas College and University System
Jack Williams
Higher Education
Texas
Williams
Panhandle
Borger
Amarillo
Clarendon
Lubbock
Plainview
Oldham - Palmer - Deaf Smith
Castro Counties
West Texas
el Paso
Trans- Pecos
Odessa
Big Spring
Wichita Falls
San Angelo
Eastland County
Uvalde
Mason County
North Texas
Ter
Weatherford
Dallas Fort Worth
Cooke County
Sherman
Paris
Texarkana
Hill County
Corsicana
Beaumont
Old Philosopher Roars Over Molasses Feeding Cattle
Dear editor laments over a 1968 article claiming old newspapers can be ground with molasses to feed cattle. He jokes about losing reading matter and muses on scientists turning presses into feed depots. The letter also mentions voter registration push and local court appointments.
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Myystes
Herald and Molasses Depot
Poage Honored For Soil Conservation Efforts in Texas
Congressman W R Bob Poage receives honorary membership in the Soil Conservation Society of America from Heart of Texas SCSA Chapter in Waco. Logan W Crews cites Poage's long support for soil and water conservation and notes his federal work including Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act. Poage has chaired the House Committee on Agriculture in the 9th Congress and served as its vice chair for 14 years.
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W. R
Bob” Poage
Soil Conservation Society of America Today
Heart of Texas
SCSA
Waco
Logan W. Crews
Temple
Poage
Crews
Soil Conservation Service
House Committee On Agriculture
Bavior Universy
House of Represnianvs
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Cameron Herald
Walter Williams
School of Journalism
University of Missouri , Milam
First Street
Frank M. Luecke
Ben Milam
Don Scarbrough
HemisFair
Cameron Col
HemisFair '68
Fred Pool
Pool
Albert Einstein
Princeton
N. J
State Supreme Court
Sarita
Kenedy County
Indiana
California
Port Mansfield
Texas Highway Commission
Texas Highway Department
U.S
Veterans Land Board
Veterans Land
First National City Bank of New York
Harris Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago and Associates
Jerry Sadler
Vietnam
John Connally
Tommy V. Smith
Bureau of
Hill
Missouri Pacific Railroad
San Anton
Fneland
London Times
Bob Poage
Longview
Railroad Commission
San Antonio
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Burke Muscrove
Breckenridge
Musgrove
Drug Law Enforcement Division
Department of Public Safety
State Health Department
Butane & Propane Service
Tappan Ranges
Central Butane CO
N. Travis
Cameron, Texas
Citizens National Bank
Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDIC
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