Killeen Youth Killed In Mishap Near Buckholts
A 17 year old Killeen man Mark Allen Stepeth was killed when a pickup rammed a flat tire scene on Highway 36 near Buckholts. Billy Belote 18 and two other passengers were not injured. Leland Pavly 26 West Columbia was charged with involuntary manslaughter and driving while intoxicated.
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Killeen
Buckholts
Scott & White Hospital
Temple Justice of the Peace
Joe Harrison
Mark Allen Stepeth
Rt. 1
Jerry Benson
Terry Tate
Bellaire
Tate
Milam County
Cameron
Brock
Benson
Belote
Stepetic
Pavlu
School tax hike to fund gym renovations and budget needs
The school board raised the tax rate from 1.25 to 1.40 per hundred dollars, citing rising costs in salaries, maintenance, and utilities. The move aims to fund planned gym renovations and science classrooms, with a public hearing scheduled July 31 to discuss the budget and bids.
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Buddy Dulin
Citizens National Bank
Boatright of
Austin
Ed Cauley
Cauley
Hir
Cameron City Grants TP and L Rate Increase Request
Cameron city council voted unanimously to grant a rate increase requested by Texas Power and Light and heard the first reading of the ordinance in regular session Tuesday evening. The council also approved an August 9 O J Thomas alumni parade route in the northwest section of the city. Felix Matula was appointed to serve.
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Cameron
Texas Power & Light
O. J. Thomas
Felix Matula
Fatal Shooting and Robbery Reported in Rockdale
Rockdale endured a weekend of violence with a fatal shooting at The Barn on US 77 leaving Wayne Collins dead. A Sunday robbery at Pioneer Oil on US 79 netted about 700 dollars after threats. suspects fled in a gold car east on US 79. Local officials released details and pursued warrants as city council debated charter harmony and budget steps.
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Rockdale
U. S. Highway 77
Spud Caywood
Wayne Collins
Box 84
Caywood
Collins
Richards Memorial Hospital
Cameron
Justice of the Peace
Jess Brock
William Henry Hobbs
Hobbs
Milam County
Pioneer Oil Company
U. S. Highway 79 South
Ile
Roy Grumbaugh
Rockdale Hospital
Milam County Discusses Wolf Control and Fence Dispute
Milam County commissioners debated wolf trapping funding raising monthly pay from 300 to 325 per month and studied a fence dispute over old highway 36 near Milano affecting Ludie Farris estate. They voted to review the issues, while also considering park funds from the Manpower Commission and HUD renter assistance programs.
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Milam County
O. B. Harden
Department of the Interior
Harden
Clifford Morgan
Ehmann
Buckholts
Lehmann
Joe Willingham
Highway 36
Milano
Ludie Farris
Milam County Confirms First Screwworm Case of Year
Milam County confirms first screwworm case of the year. Mission Screwworm Laboratory verified from a July 9 sample submitted by R W Ellison of Rosebud. Don Nielson identified second and third instar larvae and noted possible adult emergence from the wound. An air drop of sterile flies and a ground release were planned. producers urged to monitor livestock closely.
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Milam County
Mission Screwworm Laboratory
Bill McCutchen
Don Nielson
Lab
R. W. Ellison
Rosebud
Neilson
McCutchen
Wreck Injures Local Woman in City Collision
City police investigated a two vehicle crash at 5 50 p m Sunday injuring Beatrice Foster of Cameron who was treated at St Edward Hospital for a cracked rib after her car hit a convoy truck at Sixth and Travis The truck driver Carl Melton of Euless was not injured.
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Beatrice Foster
Cameron
St. Edward Hospital
Sixth and
Travis
Carl Melton
Euless
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James Denie
Cameron Nursing Home
Houston
C. W. Boecker
F. Gene Crawford
R. J. Ruzicka
S. H. Voelkel
Henry Lippman
San Antonio
Adolph A. Heretica
Laredo
Fred Schuetze
Louisiana
Col
Charles E. Green
Temple
Temple Telegram
W. A. Schiller
F.M.L
Orchard
St John
Betsy Brown
Calvin Cobb
Jane Wied Rivers
Klan-Tyv of
Farm Bureau
Mary Lee Graham
Thorndale
Little Miss
Tracy Grothe
Little Miss Farm Bureau
Monroe Bruedigan
Arnold Vardiman
Gene Lumpkin
Rockdale Man
West Cameron St
Thomas Weaver
Joe Montelongo
Weaver
Renee
Richards Hospital
Judy Kay Bachus
Liz Noack
Richards Clinic
Lumpkin
Lincoln Mondick
Lawrence Zotz
Gene Blake
Zotz
Jan Luecke
Planning Commission
Mendrik
Monroe Fuchs
City Planning Commission
Blake
Ledbetter Park
Jackson
Harding
Mondrik
Wayne Wieser
Ben Ford
Ford
Willingham
Albert Timmerman
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Doris Campbell
Mission
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