Seagull Captured Near Airport Amid Warning Sign
Richmond photographer snaps a low flying seagull near Vancouver International Airport ignoring a danger area sign. London stylist creates Concorde inspired hairstyle symbolizing the SST with a pointed coiffure and triangular wingspan. Model Loraine McKeight remains missing.
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Jonathan
Richmond
British Columbia
Vancouver International
Jonathan Livingston
London
Loraine McKeight
Flighty Fashion and Missing Glass
A London exhibition piece notes F M L’s style taking flight during a fund raising event near a Texas airport. The venue’s high ceilings and vibration from frequent 727 or DC-9 landings rattled loose windows, with performance levels and jet noise creating a dramatic, if not disruptive, atmosphere.
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Texas
Ella Fitzgerald
Death investigation in Somerville involving 40 day old Don Kreuger
Somerville police continue probe into the death of 40 day old Don Kreuger with a justice of the peace ruling suffocation as the cause. No charges yet and the case referred to the Burleson County grand jury. Belton area news reports claim a settlement in a pollution suit led to cutting 65 of 103 pecan trees at Bend O' the River including a 13 foot circumference giant tree.
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Somerville
Don Kreuger
Justice of the Peace
Burleson County Grand Jury
Belton
Bend O
Reuben Talasek
Rockwool Industries
Talasek
Georgetown trustees extend contracts for nine administrators
Georgetown school trustees met in executive session three times and approved extending the contracts of nine administrators while declining to extend the contract of Athletic Director and Head High School Football Coach Don Chandler. A large crowd questioned the athletic situation amid rumors and a newspaper story.
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Georgetown
Don Chandler
Reduced Price Lunch Offered in Cameron ISD
Cameron ISD lunchrooms will serve reduced price lunches for children who qualify under federal standards effective March 1. Applications available from principals or Mrs. Bobby Looney at Ben Milam Elementary. Lunches cost 20 cents. income scales listed for eligibility.
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Cameron Isd
Bobby Looney
Ben Milam
Comptroller Reports City Sales Tax Rebates Totals Soar
Comptroller Bob Bullock mailed monthly rebates totaling 11.3 million to 741 cities and towns, bringing year to date rebates to 22.7 million. Cameron led with 5,132.61, Rockdale 3,633.72, Thorndale 2,301.78, Rosebud 1,404.14. Rogers and Lott received none. He cautioned bicentennial groups about sales tax permits and remittance. Charles Bud Stockton announces bid for Texas House District 36.
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Bob Bullock
Cameron
Rockdale
Thorndale
Rosebud
Rogers
Lott
Bullock
Gause Marker Tells Early Town History
An official Texas Historical Marker for Gause stands on US 79 between Orang and Olive Streets. The marker commemorates William J. Gause (1829 1914) and notes his move to Texas in 1849 and 1872 arrival in the area, the town’s platting in 1873, the post office opening in 1874, and the growth of cotton commerce and local businesses.
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Texas
Gause
US 79
Orang
Olive Streets
Mary Belle Batte
Milam County Historical Survey Committee
Bill Gause
O. L. Harlan
William J. Gause
Alabama
Brazos
Montgomery
Dan Fowler
International and Great Northern Railroad
James S. Reynolds
IGN
Social Security earnings report deadline for Miami County residents
Miami County residents who received social security benefits in 1975 must file a 1975 earnings report with the Social Security Administration if earnings exceeded $2,520. The deadline is April 15, 1976, per district manager Lewis Wall in Temple. Filing a federal tax return does not relieve this obligation. Those aged 72 during all of 1975 are exempt. Only wages and self employment earnings count. rentals, interest, and dividends do not. Penalty up to one month’s benefit applies for late filing. Local civic leaders listed.
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Miami County
Social Security Administration
Lewis Wall
Temple
Internal Revenue Service
Wal
Finalists Named For Scholarships At Alcoa Rockdale Works
The Alcoa Foundation selects 12 finalists for two college scholarships to be awarded at Alcoa's Rockdale works. Winners and two alternates will be named in March. Finalists include Sarah White Elizabeth Shelander Glenn Rummell Cameron Andy Harper Jean Anne Larkin Linda Levein Melissa Lud wig Daphne Smith Rockdale Belinda Speer Leon formerly Rockdale Renee Scott Taylor Allen Kiesling Thorndale Tommy Coker Caldwell.
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Alcoa Foundation
Alcoa
Rockale Works
Sarah White
Elizabeth Shelander
Glenn Rummell
Cameron
Andy Harper
Jean- Anne Larkin
Linda Levein
Melissa Ludwig
Daphne Smith
Rockdale
Belinda Speer
Leon
Renee Scott
Taylor
Allen Kiesling
Thorndale
Tommy Coker
Caldwell
Costs Delay Highway Projects in Cameron City
Cameron city faces delays on two highway projects due to a funds shortage. The $100,000 Fannin 22nd and Industrial Blvd. reconstruction relies on state and federal money, but the state cannot match federal funds at present. The second project, resurfacing Highway 36 from the Santa Fe underpass to the Y at 36 and 77, would be state funded with curb and gutter added past the underpass.
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Cameron
Highway 36
Joe G. Hanover
College Station
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Delton Kittrell
Hearne
the Herald
Kittrell
Austin
Fannin
22Nd
Industrial Blvd
Santa Fe
Hanover
Texas
Department
Public survey to map mental health needs across counties
The Central Counties Center for Mental Health and Mental Retardation will conduct a four week Needs Assessment in six counties Bell Coryell Erath Hamilton Lampasas and Milam. It will use mailed questionnaires a telephone survey and interviews with residents to identify needed community services.
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Central Counties Center For Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Bell, Coryell
Erath
Hamilton, Lampasas
Milam Counties
Central Counties Center
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Milam
Areans
Lampasas
Gatesville
Department of the Army
Army
Coryell County
Fort Hood
Bud Stockton
Kubiak
Charles ‘‘Bud
Stockton
Dan Kubiak
Smithville
Western Wear
W. J. Gauge
J. E.brown
Richard Cox
James Dollar
Lafayette Ely
Bill Faubian
J.C. Lister C. C. Moore
John Porter
Frank Thomas
T. L. Watts
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