Jazz veterans critique rock heavy era and Nashville dominance
In a long opinion piece F M L asserts Kenton Buddy Rich and other jazz greats view country western and rock as overrun by cheap redundancy. They trace progress from progressive jazz to Elvis and the Beatles and lament the erosion of musical craft and orchestral scope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stan Kenton
Buddy Rich
Rich
Kenton
Elvis Presley
Gene Krupa
Philharmonic
Ella Fitzgerald
Elvis
Dave Brubeck
Rockdale to Get Patterson Convention Center and Library Expansion
Dr. George Patterson, the Los Angeles neurosurgeon who funded Rockdale’s public library in the 1960s, confirms in his will a gift to build the George Hill Patterson Convention Center. The will also provides funds to expand the local library.
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Rockdale
Los Angeles
George Patterson
George Hill Patterson
Somerville Fire Department to Dedicate New Station July 19
The Somerville Fire Apartment sponsors a dedication of a new fire station and a Summer Frolic on July 19. Donations of new and antique articles are sought for the fund raising, with all proceeds toward building and equipment upkeep. Donations requested for the event.
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Somerville
Concert Heads Painful Night For Williamson County Officers
Williamson County officers still recovering from the Fourth of July concert at Liberty Hill that drew an enormous crowd. Traffic control overwhelmed them and officers were angered by the litter left by attendees.
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Willie Nelson
Williamson County
Country and Western Star
Liberty Hill
Tires Slashed Across Thorndale During Holiday Weekend
Thorndale residents reported tire slashings on several vehicles along with a stolen tape recorder a missing hydraulic jack and paint poured on lumber and a truck cab. Constable P Lt Paris offers a $50 reward for information identifying the culprits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thorndale
Paris
Guardsmen Return Home After Summer Training at Fort Hood
National Guardsmen from the 49th Armored Division finish two weeks of intensive summer training at North Fort Hood. About 5,000 troops will depart by convoy, marking the first encampment of two through August 2 at the tank mortar rifle and artillery ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas National Guardsmen
49Th Armored Division
North Fort Hood
Allee
Safety Week Set For Texas Farms Ranches
Governor Briscoe declares Texas Farm and Ranch Safety Week starting July 25 1975 to promote accident prevention. Texas Safety Association Texas Farm Bureau Extension Service and youth groups back programs noting 285 deaths on farms in 1974 up from 214 in 1973 with traffic tractor and drowning hazards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Dolph Briscoe
Texas Safety Association
Texas Farm Bureau
State Agricultural Extension Service
Future Farmers and Future Homemakers
Young Farmers of Texas
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Semiana
Briscoe
Ford
Cameron Teen Dies in Wreck on US Highway 190
Lydia Oges, 15, of Cameron, died after a car she rode in overturned in a ditch near Brancaville while Leander Sanders, also of Cameron, drove east on US 190. Several others injured in similar crashes during the week. Patrolman Leroy Broadus reported the fatality occurred on arrival at Hearne Community Hospital around 6 15 Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Lydia Oges
Rt. 2
Hearne Community Hospital
Hearne
Branca
Lynell Whitfield
Paticia Oges
Sanders
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Bryan
Gene Foster
Bill Falkner
Gause
Scott & White Hospital
Temple
Foster
Palkner
Hanover Road
Milton Wright
Thomas Bravo
Rosebud
Sandra Smith
Maysfield
Bravo
Little River Bridge
Deborah Cowlin
Wright
Miss Cowlin
German Dancers To Perform At Festival
Texas Folklife Festival at UTSA Institute of Texas Cultures August 7 to 10 will feature German folk dancers from Bastrop Grimes Milam Washington and Williamson counties along with Alsatian Spanish Indian Scottish performers and others. The Cameron German Folk Dancers led by Charles W Kunz join San Antonio and Houston groups in a showcase of diverse Texan heritage.
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Texas
Bastrop
Grimes
Milam
Washington
Williamson
San Antonio
Utsa Institute of Texas Cultures
Charles W. Kunz
Houston
Emma Wuensche
McDade
Texas Wends Culture Club
Michael Davenport
Leander
Brady
Elaine Davenport
Vernon T
Williams
Navasota
Hinkle
Texas Folklife Festival
Nick A. Morris
Temple
Leon Hale
Bryan
Lonn Taylor
Roundtop
Roger N. Conger
Waco
Donald Duncan
Georgetown
Vernon T. Williams
Cameron trustees set July meeting with budget and bids
School trustees meet Monday at 7 30 p m in Ben Milam administrative office to select a bank for 1975 77 and open bids to refinish the gym floor. They discuss renovation plans and consent for demolition at Orchard and Tenth Streets, study the 1975 76 budget, set the tax rate, and act on resignations and hiring.
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Cameron School
Ben Milam School
Community Development Agency
Orchard and
Tenth Sts
Aso
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F.M.L
Civic Center
Belton Belton
Texas Power & Light Co
Tp&l
Texas Municipal League
Charles M. Mills
Luke Roffino
Cannon Amous
Mills
Guy Chandler
Rotfino
Amos
Roffino
Col. Mills
Fort Hood
First
Fourth Street
Clifton Malvo
Charles Robinson
Liberty
Robinson
Preston Miles
Malvo
St. Edward Hospital
Aloqa Tosts Stunents
Robert Yasler
Let
Aluminum Company of America
Prairie View Asm
R. Phillips
Engineering Concepts Institute
Exxon
Baytown
Union Carbide
Texas City
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