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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1970
Page
2
The Folk Fete in Cameron on June 12 and 13 attracts professional talent and enthusiastic amateurs across Milam County and surrounding areas. The event features ethnic dance, foods, art-puppet sculpture, parade, pageant, belles and beauty contestants, drawing public support and media interest for a unique program.
The festival celebrates local progress including Cameron exchange phone central expansion, auto dealership growth, building redecorations echoing 1891, Part II downtown renewal completion, and service station removal. Milam County water projects and plant hiring persist while some areas trim jobs amid a 10 percent rural emigration impact.
Rep David T Martin recounts a midweek incident at Nebraska State College in Kearney where ten University of Nebraska agitators aimed to trigger a student strike. The campus vigilante committee confronted them, rejected their arguments, and escorted them off campus, contrasting with older Midwest vigilante traditions. The piece also notes broader student unrest amid 1960s school reforms and a cite about household spending in 1969.
Congressman Poage urged the Census Bureau to reexamine counts for Central Texas after its latest release. He urged rural areas show losses while the district records a 5 percent gain and warned some residents were not counted. He also reported progress on the general farm bill and promised to withhold detailed discussion until details are firm, aiming to maintain current government payments to producers.
Registration is open at the City Pool from 2:30 to 7 p.m. daily for six two hour lessons over three weeks. Dan Delaney from Houston will teach as swimming instructor. Classes meet twice weekly and cost $12 per person.
The Texas Antiquities Committee funds a large scale survey by the Institute for Underwater Research to locate 16th century Spanish galleons sunk near Padre Island. A $3,000 grant supports geophysical work and divers for possible future excavation while protecting sites from looting and adding to a state historic inventory.
A reader laments overusing ecology as a buzzword and argues for balanced views on pollution, infrastructure like oil pipelines, and electric poles. He notes clashes between progress and nature, mocks undergrounding wires, and says he will swat a fly rather than fear ecology.
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