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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1972
Page
1
Liberty Magazine recounts a Santa Monica club visit where Orson Welles, then unknown on the West Coast, faced a near empty audience. The introducer left, and Welles himself stepped in with a self reveal, stating he is a director of plays.
The Dallas Symphony returns to Cameron Armory on Tuesday January 16 for an afternoon and evening program conducted by Anshel Brusilow. The program features Berlioz Strauss Mendelssohn Stravinsky with student concerts for area schools and tickets priced at 1 for students and 3 for adults.
The Milam County Junior Livestock Show is set for Saturday January 13 in Cameron. About 160 entries from 4-H clubs and FFA chapters are expected across Milam County with beef cattle and dairy divisions likely to be large and swine numbers rising. Sheep entries appear down from 1972. Entries are due January 8. County Agent Bill McCutchen notes thanks to local business support keeps the show thriving.
Alcoa Foundation awards 1000 dollars for Dallas Symphony return engagement in January. An afternoon student concert and a evening program January 16 feature works by Berlioz Strauss Mendelssohn and Stravinsky at Cameron National Guard Armory.
Cameron’s post office saw a calm week after a pre Christmas surge in parcel post deliveries that stretched to Christmas morning. Clerk Hill Peck noted most patrons followed requests to mail early reducing the last minute crush, with peak days Monday and Tuesday before Christmas and overall mail volume near recent years.
Despite heavy holiday traffic on Milam highways, only one minor traffic accident was reported by Highway Patrolmen over the Christmas holidays. Clear, sunny weather contributed to the accident-free period, according to the DPS Patrolmen.
Babson Reports warns of potential labor strife and inflation risks shaping 1973. It forecasts possible 4 million workers in new contracts with United Rubber Workers, Teamsters, and United Auto Workers set to bargain, while monetary policy leans against inflation to avoid a 1968-69 credit crunch.
Babson staff foresees some wage and price inflation in 1973 with labor management tensions and possible administration moral suasion. If needed, tighter controls could curb inflation, while gains in industrial production and a 9 percent nominal GNP rise are expected. Private consumption and domestic investment drive growth, offset by mixed external demand and policy constraints.
Alcoa Rockdale Works announced that one of its two potlines, idled after a severe cold spell, will restart January 2, affecting about 100 workers who have remained on site for cleanup and repairs. The second line is expected to resume after that restart.
Milam County pecan show winners performed well at the North Central Regional Pecan Show held at Six Flags Mall in Arlington. Dr. B. W. Cain of Calvert topped with a first on a Success entry and seconds on Burkett Desirable and Caddo. Other Cameron winners included Mrs. J. D. Moore and Anton Anderle with a first on USDA 191 and a second for Anderle.
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