Dallas Symphony concert and school performances in Cameron
Tickets are on sale for a Dallas Symphony evening concert at Cameron National Guard Armory with cellist Ralph Kirshbaum and conductor Ansehl Brusilow. Reserved seats are limited to 750, with standing room available at the door. multiple daytime school performances accompany the event.
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Dallas Symphony
Ralph Kirshbaum
Anshel Bruislow
Cameron National Guard Armory
Cameron Chamber
Cameron
Rockdale
National Guard Armory
Cameron Independent
Yee
Ansehl Bruisiow
Symphony concert brings Strauss and Ravel to Cameron
The town’s tastes range from Western to classics as a major orchestra performs in a program blending Richard Strauss Korsakov and Ravel. The event continues Wednesday with a clinic by YHS Band featuring first chair brass woodwind and percussion players of the Symphony, sponsored by Yee Band Rosters and urged by VHS director Dalton Harbers. Volunteers propel the memorable occasion, aiming to elevate Cameron’s cultural life through beauty and grace.
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Richard Strauss
Rimskey- Korsakov
Ravel
YHS
Yee
Roosters
VHS
Dalton Harbers
Cameron Soldier Dies in Accidental Gunshot Wound
Sgt. Freddie Douglas Capers 34 of 1108 N Polk Cameron died Tuesday morning from a single gunshot to the forehead. Sheriff Black said the injury appeared self inflicted during cleaning of his 32 pistol after icy road conditions halted his trip to Ft Hood. Capers, a 17 year veteran and father of five, was pronounced dead at Newton Hospital around 1:30 p.m. The body lay with Army buttons and watches in a box on the bed. He was stationed at Ft Hood.
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Cameron
Carl Black
Newton Hospital
Freddie Douglas Capers
N. Polk
Capers
Sheriff Black
Ft. Hood
Cameron council approves 6 percent TP and L rate hike
Cameron City Council votes a six percent across the board rate increase for Texas Power and Light Co. effective with April bills. TP&L manager Henry Liebman stresses the first rise since 1951. Council also sets April 4 for mayor and council elections and opens bids for a street grader with awards pending.
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Cameron City
Texas Power and Light Co
Henry Liebman
Tp&l
Milam County Junior Livestock Show Sees Entry Surge
About 175 entries are expected for this year’s Milam County Junior Livestock Show, a sharp increase from last year’s 104. The event takes place Saturday January 15 at the Cameron Compress building with FHA and 4 H youth competing for trophies and prize money. Tickets are sold for a butcher calf and butcher hog auction whose proceeds fund show prizes.
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Milam County
Cameron Compress
FHA
Alcoa predicts brighter 1972 with output growth and new markets
John D. Harper, Alcoa chairman and CEO, forecasts 1972 industry shipments rising seven to ten percent if the U.S. economy grows five to seven percent, aided by higher prices and cost recovery. He notes a worldwide surplus, production cutbacks, and continued demand in construction, transportation, and packaging.
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Alcoa
John D. Harper
U.S
The
Price Commission
Tenn
Badin
N.C
Evansville
Ind
Massena
N.Y
Rockdale
Texas
Wenatchee
Wash
Vancouver
Harper
Alcoa Laboratories
Winter Storm Brings 18 Degree Cold to Central Texas
A major winter storm swept through Texas bringing freezing rain and icy roads in Milam County. Bridges iced over stalled traffic and minor accidents were reported while farmers faced wet fields and late cotton harvests. The cold spell followed rain that disrupted field work, with outlook suggesting a wetter winter than 1971.
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Texas
Milam
Texas Highway Department
Maysfield
Patrolmen Report Weekend Accidents No Fatalities
Milam County saw no deaths over the New Year weekend though several crashes were logged by troopers. Patrolman Jerry Randall cited two Friday incidents near Gause and Rockdale with injuries treated at Hearne and local hospitals. Ronald Mercer of Freeport suffered a non life threatening crash while driving a Volkswagen. Patrolman Leroy Broadus investigated a minor collision Saturday.
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Milam County
Jerry Randall
Gause
Henry Chandler
Chandler
Harry Bowling
Hearne
Rockdale
Ronald G. Mercer
Freeport
Ralph Mercer
Cameron
Mercer
Leroy Broadus
Explosion at Alcoa Rockdale Works Powder Plant
An explosion and fire occurred at 5 45 am Sunday January 2 in the atomized aluminum powder plant at Alcoas Rockdale Works. Seven workers were nearby but escaped serious injury. Damage deemed moderate and production paused briefly while investigators from Alcoa teams in Rockdale and Pittsburgh determine the cause.
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Alcoa
Rockdale Works
Rockdale
Pittsburg
Dinner To Kickoff 1972 MOD Drive
The annual March of Dimes kickoff dinner is set for Thursday January 6 at 7 30 p m in the Western Room of the Texan Hotel with Rockdale nurse Mrs Mary Cook as guest speaker Don Jones MOD representative from Austin will show a film on birth defects The county fund drive will be led by James Hudson as campaign manager and about 25 county workers are expected to attend
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March of Dimes
The
Texan
Mary Cook
Rockdale
Don Jones
MOD
Austin
James Hudson
Max McClaren
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Wagner
Rimsky-Korsakov
Kirshbaum
Europe
United States
Brusilow
F.M.L
Cameron Soldier
Monroe Fuchs
Lester Turner
E. A. Perrin
Ing
Texaco
Arco
E. A. Bigbee
Perrin
Washington
C. R. (Roy) Law
Democratic Party
Carl C. Black
W. T. White
Adolph Gresak
J. M. Terry
Marvin W. Cotten
H. N
Spud) Caywood
Law
Ada Henderson
World Trade Center
New York
Chicago
Huntington Beach
Calif
Kona
Hawaii
Western Australia
Henderson
John B. Henderson, Jr
James Mortimer
Randall
Milano
Clyde Price
Rogers
Donald Flores
Temple
George Green
Vine and
West Main
Green
Henry William
Leland Brantley
St. Edward Hospital
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