Journalism alumni rise in Fort Worth Star-Telegram staff
Robert Mann 22 named night city editor at The Fort Worth Star-Telegram. James Hollas plans UT Journalism School entry after Corpus Christi Caller Times sports desk. Linda Hill enrolls in journalism at Texas Tech. Paul Freeman of Cameron is AP Texas bureau night wire editor in Dallas. The Herald and its alumni are credited with shaping journalism and its future in Texas.
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Cameron
Robert Mann
Ol’ Herald
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
James Hollas
Herald
University of Texas Journalism
New School of Communications
Corpus Christi Caller Times
Linda Hill
Texas Tech
Paul Freeman
Associated Press
Texas
Dallas
the Herald
Paul
UPI
Houston
New Orleans
Temple Telegram
Robert
Sam Houston State College
The
Telegram
Milam Cameron 1967 plans loom in Herald review
Herald previews next year with Milam and Cameron moving toward downtown renewal. Cameron votes for a nine block urban renewal program opposite Milam Courthouse. Alcoa production rises in South Milam while a strong cotton referendum backs industrial promotion.
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Cameron
Milam Courthouse
Cameron Industrial Foundation
Alcoa
South Milam
Harris
Dr. Brown
Thorndale
Civil Defense
FAA
McKinney
Matula
Milam County Officials Take Oath in Brief Ceremony
Eleven county officials sworn in at the Milam County Courthouse as District Judge W C Wallace administers the oath at 9 am on December 31. New terms start January 1 with Grady Allen and Sheriff Carl Black among longserving incumbents. Newcomers include C B Harden as county judge and Charlie J Maddox as county treasurer, joining Wayne B Weiser Lavert C McKinney R H McCasland H v Maxwell Jess Brock Jim Swanzy Leonard Alien and J C Hoppe Jr to form the ceremony lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam County
W. C. Wallace
Grady Allen
Allen
Carl Black
C. B. Harden
Charlie J. Maddox
Harden
Don G. Humble
Maddox
Ida Johns
Wayne B. Weiser
Lavert C. McKinney
R. H. McCasland
H. v. Maxwell
Jess Brock
Jim Swanzy
Leonard Alien
J. C. Hoppe
Herald Classified Buy Rent Sell Or Find Item
Classified notices in Herald offer options to buy rent or sell items and help readers find services and opportunities across the community. The page highlights available houses cars jobs and miscellaneous listings for local residents.
Grassfires Fire Up Cameron Firemen Over Three Days
A spate of grass fires Monday through Wednesday kept Cameron volunteers responding six times Monday and additional calls Tuesday and Wednesday. Incidents included fires at East 17th Street and West 3rd Street, with damage to a trailer, spraying equipment, and several properties along Country Club Road and the Milano area. Firefighters battled blazes on the Lee King property near the Milano depot and another on damp ground road before re ignition in the afternoon.
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East 17Th
West Sth Street
S. Austin
George Fisher
Hoyte
Maraksville
Slocomb
Country Club Road
Cameron Fire Department
Milano
Warren McCall
Lee King
Milano Depot
Milam Water Districts Election Set for January 10
Milam County votes two elections for water district directors on Tuesday January 10. Milam County Water Control and Improvement District No 1 and Elm Creek Watershed directors will be chosen at three polling sites with 8 am to 6 pm hours. Up to 50 and about 400 voters are expected at Buckholts Yarrellton Red Ranger Troy and related polling places. Eligible voters include resident taxpayers of the Milam district and Elm Creek Water Authority.
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Schiller
Milam Guard
Fuchs
Henderson
Takahiko Kubo
Japan
Milam
Rockdale
John Weed
Washington
Fuqua
Cen-Tex Symphony
Henry Lippman
Jernigan
McLane Co
Temple
Chandler
Jaycees
TWA
Cameron
Armory
FFA
Taylor
First Methodist Church
St. Edward
Cook
Pond Creek
Jaycee
B. G. Rice
Crump
Will Vaughn
Little River
Laneport
North San Gabriel
CIF
Connally
K. D. Griffin
Junior Broiler
Grant
Housing Authority
Milam Vietnam
Texas
Martin
Cameron Airport
Milam County
The
Water District Board
Buckholts
WCI
Criswell Cotton and Insurance Office
Tomascik
C.S. Raney
Floyd Stark
Edwin Gandy
Joe Sevcik
Elm Creek
E. A. Perrin
A. A. Stavinoha
Termple
Robert Hoelscher
Red Ranger
Jim Reddin
Troy
F. E. Rea
L. N. Ezzell
Yarrellton School
Red Ranger Store
Detectives nab three Cameron men on Fort Worth robbery warrants
Fort Worth detectives returned three Cameron men Ernest Lloyd about 25 Emmett Lloyd 22 Curtis Chedrick Jr 24 to Fort Worth on bench warrants tied to 14 armed robberies. Sheriff Black said other suspects David Jackson Dan Brown 22 and Raymond Fountain already face charges in the Tarrant County robberies. Three suspects linked to a service station shooting.
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Fort Worth
Cameron
Carl Black
the Herald
Ernest Lloyd
Emmett Lloyd
Curtis Chedrick, Jr
R. H. Holloway
J. R. Brizendine
David Jackson
Dan Brown
Raymond Fountain
Tarrant County
Economic Symposium at Cameron Library Tuesday
Friends of the Cameron Public Library convene Tuesday evening January 19 for an economics symposium at the Library. The program starts at 7 30 p m with Thomas Eiett Robert L Hilliard and Don G Humble defending three schools of economic thought and answering audience questions hosted by the Business and Professional Women's Club.
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Friends of the Cameron Public Library
Hilliard
Thomas
Robert L Eiett
Don G. Humble
Business and Professional Women's Club
Students Charged With OJT Break-In
Three O J T students in Milam County jail on burglary charges after allegedly breaking into OJT School Sunday night and stealing athletic gear including football uniforms. Authorities say the incident was discovered Tuesday when the school reopened after Christmas holidays. Age range 16 to 18. A fourth boy was being held by Houston authorities.
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O. J. Thomas
Milam County
OJT
Carl Black
Houston
Black
Toys For Toys Project Delivers Christmas Cheer To Cameron Families
A Santa Pal effort aided an estimated 59 Cameron families this Christmas season with 5 to 7 children per family. Volunteers Johnny Fuller Stanley Fikes Mrs Jewel Gibson and the Cammers coordinated toy collection and repair funding with Sheriff Carl Black handling cash donations and local merchants offering discounts. Gifts were distributed over Friday and Saturday, kept hidden until Christmas morning.
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Jack Cammer
Johnny Fuller
Stanley Fikes
Jewel Gibson
Cammers
Cameron
Carl Black
Cammer
Car Train Crash Claims Life Of Cameron Man Ervin Sims
Ervin E. Sims 36 of Cameron died in a car train collision at the Bowie Street crossing in west Cameron. The vehicle was struck by a Santa Fe train at 10 35 a m and carried about three quarters of a mile. Justice of Peace JeJss Brock ruled the death accidental. Sims survived by his wife Tillie and son Herbert, with siblings and step mother in Cameron and Detroit. He had worked at the Austin State School. Funeral services were held at Marek Burns Funeral Home with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Ervin E. Sims
Cameron
Bowie Street
West
Cameron Sims
Carl Black
Justice of Peace
JeJss Brock
Sims
Simms
East Bernard
Austin
Marek-Burns
Bob Withberry
Oak Hill Cemetery
Tillie Sims
Herbert Sims
Minnie Sims
Jesse Sims
Caldwell
Charlie Sims
Frank Bayer
Mamie Dunn
Detroit
Homer Conley
Claude Bailey
Malcolm Cast
Bowie Tucker
Tommy Kirk
Jerry Baker
First baby born in Cameron in 1967 at Newton Memorial
A 7 pound 2 ounce boy named Michael Ray Legg, born at 8:20 a.m. January 1 at Newton Memorial Hospital, is Cameron’s first baby of 1967. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Daniel Legg Sr. of 503 West 4th. A shower of gifts came from New Cameron Pharmacy and local merchants.
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Newton Memorial Hospital
Cameron
Michael Ray
James Daniel Legg Sr
West 4Th
New Cameron Pharmacy
Eplen Furniture
Lehnert’s Drug
J. C. Penney
E. C. Schiller Pharmacy
Chamberlain Meat Co
Viv-Rae's
Culpepper’s
Shell Well Drilling Deepens Near Milam Wildcat
Shell Oil Company No. 2 Adoue Estate drilled below 12,000 feet last week with depth figures showing 12,116 feet by Tuesday and 12,199 feet by Friday. Progress slowed, reaching only 88 feet in four days, suggesting the Shell Gihep oe, permitted to 16,006 feet, faces harder formation than earlier depths.
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Shell Oil Company No. 2
Adoue Estate
Wes
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Corpus Christi
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Sigma Delta Chi
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Humble
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Burke
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Bush
C. O. Angell
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Sharp Davis
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Smack
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Dept. of Corrections
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Herald Classified
Teay
Milam No
Albert Matula
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Edwin Smith
Laddis Slavik
Marak
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Clarkson
Jackie McCollum
Melissa
Glenn Dodd
H. M. Behne
Rosebud
George Dodd
Lonnie
Ricky
Karen
Toys For
Ervin Sims
Bowie Crossing
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