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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1949
Page
9
Rebecca Lawson of Gause is a surgery patient at Newton Memorial Hospital. Friends in Cameron and local sources will be glad to know she is doing well.
Mrs. J. P. Coward called on her daughters Mr and Mrs Burrell McLerran and Mr and Mrs Robert Shoaf in West Columbia over the weekend. Frank Ermis of Austin arrived in Cameron Sunday for a short visit with his daughter Mrs Frances Michna head nurse at Newton Memorial Hospital.
Senator Kyle Vick of Waco proposed a 618000 appropriation for the Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District, tied to doubts a state tax board will tax for general revenue in 1949. He warns a district default would block Whitney Dam leasing, halt dam and reservoir construction, harm Texas water conservation, and shift net profits to the state after debt and expenses are paid.
A legislative plan ties district tax revenues to the Brazos River program, noting hundreds of millions of dollars in taxable property would flow in on completion. It warns that default on bond payments would injure both the district and the state, proposing a tax levied to offset the need for an annual appropriation of 309000 dollars. The bill cites a 20 year grant of taxes justified by flood calamities.
President Truman designated General Dwight D. Eisenhower to serve temporarily as principal military advisor and presiding officer at Joint Chiefs of Staff meetings. Eben A. Ayers announced the move, noting it would be of short duration while Ike remains on leave from Columbia University.
Mr and Mrs W E Kuehl spent Sunday in Marlin visiting Mrs Kuehl’s mother Mrs C N Dickens. They were joined by Mrs Erle Burke who visited her mother Mrs Cooley and Mrs A C Edmondson of Route 8. Cameron spent Monday in Cameron.
Judge W A Morrison reports a grand jury for the March term of District Court is being selected. The jury commissioners are Cecil Criswell Buckholts Joe Gerick Cameron and E S Foster Rockdale. They also set up a jury panel.
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