Kennedy Introduces McGovern At Miami Nomination Rally
Ted Kennedy introduced George McGovern in Miami as the Democratic nominee with a unifying show. Tom Eagleton accepted the vice presidential nomination minutes earlier and cited future troop withdrawals and POW releases within 90 days of inauguration.
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Ted Kennedy
George McGovern
Miami
Missouri
Tom Eagleton
McGovern
South Dakota
Larry O’brien
Eagleton
Humphrey
Muskie
Jackson
Chisolm
Kennedy
Senate
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Briscoe and Farenthold Lead Texas Delegation at Miami
In Miami the Texas Democratic delegation reflects the national split with Dolph Briscoe backing George Wallace on the first ballot while Sissy Farenthold waited for a vice presidential bid and earned 407 votes. Dallas delegate Clay Smothers ran for VP as a Wallace supporter. The delegation’s roll call spurred debate as Briscoe stayed with his group and Farenthold emerged at the speaker’s podium.
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Texas
Dolph Briscoe
George Wallace
George McGovern
Sissy’’ Farenthold
McGovern
Eagleton
Farenthold
Briscoe
New York
Oregon
California
Clay Smothers
Dallas
Wallace
Miami
Georgetown students win leniency on hair under new dress code
Georgetown area trustees adopt a school dress code allowing longer hair for students. The policy requires boys to be clean shaven with no beards or extreme styles and limits sideburns and back hair to keep ears visible, signaling a shift toward moderated grooming.
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Ang
Georgetown
Temple A Log Cabin Medical Museum Dedication
A log cabin medical museum on the Scott and White Hospital lawn was dedicated Friday night. It houses historic medical memorabilia and a fireplace built from semi precious and luminescent rocks, commemorating Dr. A. C. Scott, a Scott and White founder whose century old cabin is now exhibited.
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Scott and White Hospital
A. C. Scott
Scott and White
Commissioners discuss herbicide damage to county cotton crops
Caldwell officials review loss from aerial spraying of hormone type herbicides along the Brazos River in Burleson County. About 6,000 acres affected with potential crop loss in a small area.
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Burleson County
Commissioners
Brazos River
Brazos County
Women workers in heat stress study at Alcoa Potlines
Five women are on a seven day shift in Potlines 3 and 7 at Alcoa Rockdale Works. They participate in a potroom heat stress study led by Alcoa Technical Center and Environmental Health Department to aid federal efforts in setting a heat stress standard.
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Alcoa
Rockdale
Technical Center and Environmental Health Department
Rains Delay Grain Harvest in Falls County
Rainfall slows grain harvest in Falls County after scattered showers begun before the Fourth of July. Over an inch of rain has fallen since the holiday, with mild July temperatures continuing in the Rosebud area.
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Falls
Hearne Sheriff Vows Shoot If Assaulted
Hearne Sheriff Sonny Elliott says he will shoot anyone who assaults him after stating officers have been assaulted half a dozen times in Hearne. He blames the Supreme Court for actions linked to the death penalty.
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Sonny Elliott
Hearne
Supreme Court
Bond Issue Set at 1.235 Million for Cameron Schools
Architects propose a 1,235,050 bond plan for Cameron Schools including renovation and new construction at Ada Henderson Yoe High Cameron Junior High and Ben Milam. Total construction 1,065,050 with 10 percent contingency and 70,000 in fees. Budget notes include tax rate hold at 1.00 and August openings.
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Cameron Schools
Ada Henderson
Yoe High School
Ben Milam
Cameron Junior High
Yoe High
Bryan Firm of Architects
S. H. Richardson
Peggy Oliver
Susan Jeffries
Larry Matthews
Roger Williamson
D. R. Dodson
Henrietta Chandler
Susan Witte
Sheryl Smith
John Lawrence Parker
Sharon Hobbs
Dodson
Rich and Estes
Two Rogers Men Die In Accidents
Two Rogers men died Wednesday in separate accidents Marvin E Mitcham and Vernon Craft. Mitcham was killed in a collision on U S 190 in Buckholts per Texas Highway Patrol reports. He was the ninth traffic fatality in Milam County in 1972 and the eighth on rural highways. Craft, 23, was electrocuted while installing sheet rock at the Grassland Forage Research Center south of Temple. He was pronounced dead at Scott and White Memorial Hospital. Craft is survived by his wife, parents, a brother and two sisters. Burial was in Rogers Cemetery with funeral services at Gommert Funeral Home Rogers.
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Marvin E. Mitcham
Vernon Craft
Mitcham
U. S. 190
Buckholts
Texas
Larry Hester
Jerry Randall
Milam County
Robert Cooke
Fort Worth
Scott and White Memorial Hospital
Craft
Grassland Forage
Blackland Research Center
Temple
Justice of the Peace
Doyle Lambert
Ronald Watts
Waco
Watts
Rogers High School
Carpenters
Gommert Funeral Home
Joe Cooper
Rogers Cemetery
Roy Craft
Billy Craft
Doris Prater
Helen Decker
Austin
Denton urges public funding talks on Texas school finance
State Rep. Lane Denton of Waco calls on Education Commissioner J W Edgar to start an immediate program involving the public in Texas school financing. He cites sparse publicity at committee hearings and urges coordinated outreach before the next Legislature. Denton notes past public meetings helped shape the Minimum Foundation Program and stresses citizen input from all sectors.
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Lane Denton
Waco
J. W. Edgar
Texas
Denton
Yoe Roses To Be Thomas Memorial
Yoe High School trustees plan a living memorial to former school board president Hilliard Thomas by reworking the rose garden in the horseshoe area. Superintendent D R Dodson proposed the project and trustees agreed. Donations to fund the garden are sought through Supt Dodson.
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Hilliard Thomas
Yoe High
D. R. Dodson
Thomas
Supt. Dodson
Bloodmobile Visit Reaches Cameron Quota
The Central Texas Red Cross Bloodmobile collected 76 units of blood in Cameron on Wednesday, surpassing the 73 unit quota. Mrs. Glenda Moseley, blood program chairman, praised donors for their generosity toward O Positive blood and thanked all contributors.
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Central Texas Red Cross Bloodmobile
Cameron
Glenda Moseley
Milam County Rebuffs Regional Radio Plan
Milam County Commissioners rejected joining a Central Texas Council of Governments regional communications system citing a $7,000 cost. A link already exists between Cameron and Rockdale city police. Other actions included approving Duke and Ayres tax rendition, addressing a former employee’s firing complaint, adding hours for Veterans Service Office staff, and renewing the Thorndale Fire Department contract at $500.
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Milam County
Central Texas Council of Governments
Milam Courthouse
Cameron
Rockdale
Thorndale Fire Department
Harden
Cameron Fire Department
Ex-Con Beats Rosebud Man and Steals Two Cars
Temple man William Joseph Wilson, 25, is jailed in Milam County after a Tuesday robbery by assault. He allegedly stole a new Temple car, wrecked near Rosebud on Highway 53, then forced driver Clarence Bernsen to take him toward Cameron. The vehicle was found in Hearne and Wilson was captured. authorities note a recent six year federal sentence at El Reno and existing warrants in Bell County.
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Temple
Milam County
William Joseph Wilson
Justice of the Peace
Jess Brock
Wilson
Rosebud
Highway 53
Clarence Bernsen
Bernsen
Cameron
Cameron City
Hearne
Carl Black
el Reno
Okla
Black
Bell County
Hearne Man Killed At Alcoa Plant
Roy B. Franklin, 25, of Hearne died after an electrical shock at the Alcoa plant in Rockdale while performing cleanup in a potroom. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Richards Hospital after 11 a.m. Thursday. An Alcoa spokesman said safety personnel and engineers would investigate. the plant’s first fatality since 1969.
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Roy B. Franklin
Hearne
Rockdale
Alcoa
Franklin
Richards Hospital
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