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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1974
Page
2
A minor fire during the 27th Milam Junior Livestock Show erupted when a kerosene heater toppled and burned sawdust in a wood frame storage building. Firefighters contained it after water was used. The incident underscores calls for a fireproof, permanent facility with heating or cooling for future shows.
State senators and representatives, all members of the Texas Constitutional Convention, hope constituents visit Austin for the historic conclave. The convention splits into eight committees handling eight elements of a revision proposed by the Constitutional Revision Commission in 1973, as Texas moves from the 1876 post Civil War framework toward a new constitution amid debates on central government expansion.
An editorial argues broad public support is essential for a proposed constitutional reform and a 20 year rebook provision. It contrasts this with the three year old federal effort to curb sexually oriented ads by lists, noting constitutional checks, court rulings, and practical costs. Written by Will Bernard.
Two 23 year old French ecologists Nicolas Desplats and George Dewez lead a Paris branch of Project Jonah to boycott whale products in France and join a Vancouver voyage to disrupt Russian and Japanese hunts in the Okhotsk Sea. They have attracted 10000 supporters including Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Haroun Tazieff and aim to tape record whale voices and film underwater.
Lawrence F. Klement 34 of Rogers died Friday evening at home from a gunshot wound ruled a personal safety related death by Temple Justice of the Peace Doyle Lamberth. Survived by wife Alta Fay and three sons, his parents, two brothers, and a sister.
Texas legislator Rep. John Bigham of Temple argues that right to work and agency shop measures are political footballs to be kept out of a new constitution. He favors leaving the issue as a statute for future legislature action and urges focus on a basic pure constitution. He notes strong feelings but says the matter is political and not sacred.
The Texas Labor Force rose to 5,139,000 in August 1973 with 162,000 more jobs and 3.4 percent unemployment. Tax rates for 60,000 employers dropped by 0.3 percent effective January 1, 1974, as TEC prioritized job placement, filling 430,193 of 614,285 nonfarm openings and making 1.27 million referrals, the highest in any state.
A Knights of Columbus meeting and families will host a special program on the problem of drinking drivers Thursday January 24 at 7 30 p.m. in the KC Hall. Bruce Barrett and Dorothy McCelvey from the Alcohol Abuse Program Bell County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center will present the discussion and show the film Conspiracy of Silence.
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