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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1970
Page
5
The Herald celebrates its 111th volume and highlights a shift toward color printing, offset packaging, and broader coverage of Central Texas. The piece notes long‑standing equipment limits, rapid reader response to change, and plans for expanded editorial and advertising presentation, possibly color in every issue.
A University of Maryland scientist warned at an Advancements of Science meeting in Boston that Columbia Maryland now runs 10 degrees hotter than surrounding areas and suffers a 10 percent rise in air pollution. The note highlights shrinking open space as population surges toward 8.9 million by 2000, with planners urging zoning restraints and slower growth to protect green wedges and address underemployed Black residents.
Texas State Rep Dan Kubiak explains the 1970 Minimum Wage Act effective Feb 1 setting a 1.25 per hour or 50 per week wage. The act offers exemptions for cattlemen ranchers dairy workers and small agricultural workers. He notes regional planning must involve Baltimore Washington and local governments to achieve growth goals and offers copies of the act on request.
Blinn College announces last day for late registration is Wednesday February 11. Registrar William R. Perry notes current student numbers exceed last spring when enrollment reached 1321. Salaries for white collar workers rose 5.7 percent in the year ending June 30 1969 with professional admin and technical posts up 5.8 percent and clerical up 5.5 percent. The third quarter of 1969 shows unemployment in poverty neighborhoods of the 100 largest U.S. cities at 5.7 percent, down 0.2 points from 1968, while the national rate was 3.7 percent.
A Texas reader recalls Arbor Day planting in Cameron and a mischievous outcome. She writes about tree planting on the old campus, expecting beauty, only to see branches used as switches by the janitor for teachers.
Two University of Texas College of Pharmacy researchers Dr. Gerald Sullivan and Ernest Henry travel to Jamaica between semesters to collect a rare mushroom native to Jamaica and other regions. Sullivan notes potential discoveries may aid modern science while gathering local knowledge and specimens.
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