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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1972
Page
2
All departments announce contact number AC 817 697-6671. Notices state second class mailing at Cameron Texas post office under 1879 act. Published twice weekly Mondays and Thursdays with annual subscriptions Milam area six fifty and elsewhere seven fifty.
The piece notes North Milam and South Falls dams planned for Pond Creek Watershed and the Bell Milam Falls Water System serving 200 members. Downtown planning in February targets streets and mall parking. Alcoa cuts 13 salaried jobs as local unemployment stays around 2 percent, with Cameron powering regional growth.
Pond Creek and Elm Creek watershed projects receive funding to build six of 22 dams in North Milam area. About 40 000 acres in Milam control area with 146 000 acres in South Falls County. Plans include recreation lakes and irrigation reservoirs across Milam Bell Falls and McLennan counties to curb flood damage and boost regional water storage and development.
A professor who lectured to students kept his common law copyright according to a court ruling. The decision held that speaking facts aloud does not grant a monopoly and that protection covers only expression, not the facts themselves. The piece notes similar rights for sermons and cites other cases as context. Written by Will Bernard. 1972 ABA
Dateline Austin. Federal court rulings threaten immediate funding for Texas primaries. If the ruling stands, May and June party elections lack financing and a special legislative session may be needed to provide funds.
A Reuters report notes France will remove steam locomotives from the national railway system by 1972 under government plans. Other items include vault protection in Australian banks, tax wig deductions for illness related baldness, a Texas University property case, a Houston barber freon warning suit, Democratic leadership wrangles in Texas, and retroactive pay for state employees and teachers set for mid February.
A reader argues that if the FCC can curb interstate harassing calls by disallowing loan collectors to use phone lines, then the same rule should apply to mail. He cites tax notices and unwanted correspondence as comparable nuisances to traffic and telephones. The letter praises regulation then urges expansion to stop mail harassment.
Rep. B S Rosenthal argues for a law requiring name and place of business on all food drug and cosmetics packages to reveal manufacturers packagers and distributors. He cites Bon Vivant Campbell's recalls and brand confusion to justify H R 8438 and protect retailers consumers and producers.
A concise remark traces the transfer of quality control from home canning to factory lines and now to lawmakers, noting a shift from individual to political oversight. The quote attributes concern to J C about governance and standard setting.
A Reuters survey of 20 countries shows about 900 young people imprisoned or awaiting trial abroad, including 301 Americans in Mexican jails—the highest total—most serving three to eight year sentences. Jamaica also holds six Americans on drug charges as fines prompt deportation.
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