Local paper joins International Newspaper Promotion Association
F M L OY remarks on invitation to join a global network of about 800 dailies and weeklies. He notes Milam County and Cameron in part share the enthusiasm, praising the Milam County Livestock Show turnout and the progress of local youths in modern showing techniques. The editor recalls a boss comment about needing specifics in the staff suggestion box.
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OY 109
U.S
Milam County
Ol’ 109
Cameron
Herald
Milam
Masked Gunman Robs Rockdale Grocery at 11 45 PM
A masked man robbed the U Totem store in Rockdale late Tuesday night and bound clerk Larry Stone with adhesive tape before fleeing with about 140 dollars. Sheriff Carl Black described the suspect as 6 feet tall, 25 to 30, wearing a sweater and jeans with a stocking mask, carrying a 22 caliber pistol. The clerk escaped and alerted authorities.
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U-Totem
Rockdale
Carl Black
Larry Stone
Black
Stone
Milam County Junior Livestock Show Draws 100 Entries
The 23rd Milam County Junior Livestock Show attracted 100 4 H and FFA entries. Wayne Jistel, Billy Grimm, Brent Laywell, Ben Graham, Glenn Unnasch, and John Tomascik led champions across dairy, sheep, lambs, breeding beef heifers, and fat steers with multiple class wins and ribbons.
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Milam County
FFA
Fred Schuetze
Bruce Richter
Clyde Jistel
Joe Vaculin
Wayne Jistel
Ruben Garza
Hampshire
Brent Laywell
Ricky Richter
Julian McDaniel
Debora Fleming
Billy Grimm
Brent
Texas Sheep and
Ben Graham
Allen Hengst
Kenneth Gifford Jr
Edward Caffey
Larry Laffere
TSTA Views New Proposals in Milam Meeting
Milam County teachers heard a review of Texas State Teachers Association proposals to back in Rockdale. Hill outlined three aims: a $1,000 across the board salary increase, sick leave accrual, and retirement contribution cap removal. The group discussed the Governor's Committee on Public School Education report and debated district consolidation for minimum 2,600 students per district.
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Milam County
Texas State Teachers Association
Rockdale
Governor's Committee
Educeon
Hill
TSTA
Texas
National Education Association
NEA
Committee On Education
Their
J. M. Moorman
HH. D. Maxwell
Milam Co
Milam County Flu Reports Rise Amid Hong Kong Fears
Milam County reports 150 flu cases last week and 90 the week before with midweek 140 new cases. Schools see about 200 pupils home ill while exams reduce absences. doctors classify illnesses as influenza like. Hong Kong flu not reported locally or in Texas with 48 confirmed cases statewide.
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Milam County
Hong Kong
Swift
Cameron
Br. Swift
Texas Health Department
Texas
Smith Moves to Chairman as Thomas Named Bank President
Hilliard S. Thomas, executive vice president, is named president of Citizens National Bank. Qxsheer Smith, bank president for 53 years, becomes chairman of the board, presiding over director meetings. Thomas is a 1995 Yee High School valedictorian and UT banking graduate. Smith, longtime bank leader, funds civic work in Cameron and state circles and donates property for a new district administration building.
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Hilliard S. Thomas
Citizens National Bank
Qxsheer Smith
Thomas
U.S. Army Finance Corps
Smith
Citizens National
H. F. Smith
Cameron
Yee High School
University of Texas
Texas Warrant Co
Austin
Cameron Independent School Distrit
Cameron Chamber of Commerce
Texas United Fund
Cameron Independent School District
Yee
Jackson Ave
Oxsheer Smith Foundation
Brazos River Authority
BRA
Cameron Lions Club
Cameron Country Club
Masonic Lodge
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Methodist Home Foundation
Waco
Eastmen National Business College
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Schiller Joins Connally Tech As Research Assistant
Former Texas legislator Milton Schiller becomes technical manpower research assistant at James Connally Technical Institute in Waco. He will work with industry groups to ensure an adequate skilled workforce for expanding Texas industries and aid development of bilingual and aerospace institutes in Harlingen and Amarillo.
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Milton Schiller
Cameron
James Connally Technical Institute
Roy W. Dugger
Waco
Schiller
Texas
Connally Tech
Harlingen
Aerospace Technical Institute
Amarillo
Texas House of Representatives
Rep. Schiller
Last Rites For Leo Laake 79 Held Tuesday
Leo Laake 79 retired drug store operator died Sunday in a Temple hospital after a long illness. He owned Laake Drug Store in Santa Fe Town Cameron and served in World War I. Funeral 10 a.m. Tuesday at St Monica's with burial in the church cemetery. Rosary noted Monday at Green's Funeral Home. Survived by wife Marie Ann Laake of Cameron and siblings Ida Vogelsang Paul Laake and Hugo Laake.
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Temple
Laake
Santa Fe
Cameron
Mr. Laake
Paul Laake Sr
Ida Gerstman Laake
Knights of Columbus Lodge
St. Monica's Catholic Church
John Geiser
Rosary
Green
Marie Ann Laake
West
Tyson St
Ida Vogelsang
Rt. 1
Burlington
Paul Laake
Hugo Laake
Milam County Courthouse Gets Major 30 Year Remodel
Workmen dismantle the west staircase in Milam Court house as the first phase of a major remodeling. An elevator will replace stairs and serve all three floors enabling new offices for Social Security Driver’s License and Veterans Service in space formerly used by Grand Jury. New restrooms storage and a larger County Clerk area are planned with relocated north entrance and enhanced storage between elevator and wall.
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Milam Courthouse
OU. B. Harden
Social Security
Veterans Service
Grand Jury
Grid Banquet To Hear Abilene Coach From Cooper High
Cameron Yoe High School players and dates will hear Merrill Green Abilene Cooper High School head coach at a 7 p.m. banquet Monday at First Methodist Fellowship Hall. The MVP of the 1969-70 team will be named. Green, a 1950 Oklahoma Sooners national champ, has coached at multiple Texas schools and led Cooper to a 32-10-2 mark in four seasons. Gene Smitherman will be master of ceremonies.
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Cameron Yoe
Merrill Green
Abilene
Cooper High School
First Methodist Fellowship Hall
Green
University of Oklahoma
Wichita State University
Wichita
Kan
Frank Broyles
Broyles
University of Missouri
University of Arkansas
U of T
Texas Tech
Coach Green
Texas High School Coaches Association
Boise
Idaho
Colorado Springs
Colo
Kodak
Louisville
Kew
YMCA
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Stanislaw
Gene Smitherman
Litzman Elected President-Elect of Cameron Chamber
Henry Litzman was elected president elect of the Cameron Chamber of Commerce for 1969-70. He serves as first vice president, with Rev. James Lafferty as second vice president and Robert Ellett as third. New officers and directors will take office in March.
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Henry Litzman
Cameron Chamber of Commerce
James Lafferty
Robert Ellett
Lafferty
Head on Crash Friday Sends 2 To Hospitals
A two car head on collision six miles south of Cameron on SH 36 sent Vernon A. Jones a Ft. Bliss soldier and Mrs. Carol R K McPheters of Waco to area hospitals with severe injuries. Jones faces aggravated assault with a motor vehicle charges in Justice of Peace Jess Brock's court.
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Justice of Peace
Jess Brock
Vernon A. Jones
Ft. Bliss
Cameron
SH 36
Leroy Broadus
Carol RK. McPheters
Waco
Jones
McPheters
Public hearing planned on new bridge over Brazos near Cross Roads
The Texas Highway Department schedules a January 23 hearing at Calvert City Hall to discuss replacing the 68 year old Black Bridge over the Brazos River between Milam and Robertson Counties with a new concrete structure. Officials will review right of way and relocation aid as they plan the extension of FM 979 to the river.
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Texas Highway Department
Calvert
Brazos River
Cross Roads
Milam
Robertson Counties
Highway Department
The
Brazos
Black Bridge
Calvert City Hall
Herald
D. A. Kittrell
Kittrell
the Herald
Robertson
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