Painting of NOW crew cut and goatee sparks recollection
In an upstairs hallway a painting of NOW with a crew cut and goatee sits over a tale of Cameron's first Western Week. A back note by a relative calls the subject Angry young man Texas style 1959. Tommy Turner once Dallas News chief penned Van Gogh with ears.
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Cameron
Tommy Turner
Central Texas
Dallas News
van Gogh
Turner
Baylor
Abner McCall
Robert Mann
Dallas Times Herald
Robert
United States
Reflections on Anger and Learning Beyond Quiet Desperation
F.M.L. George Wallace discusses anger as a normal emotion and a path to understanding. He argues anger can lead to love, contrasts it with hatred, and recalls how experiences over a dozen years shaped his view beyond the era’s pessimistic inscription.
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George Wallace
Stiles Farm Foundation Field Day Opens Wide Program
The 10th annual Stiles Field Day on June 20 at the Thrall farm will offer tours of crop and live stock enterprises. Experts from Texas A&M and the Extension Service will discuss pest management, grasses, sorghum, sunflowers, and farm economics. A 5 p.m. program features Dr. Hutchison and welcomes leaders from the Taylor Chamber of Commerce and Texas A&M.
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Stiles Farm Foundation
Thrall
U. S. Highway 79
John E. Hutchison
Joe Repa
Taylor Chamber of Commerce
Clyde Wells
Texas A&m University
H. O. Kunkel
Texas A&m
Helicopter planned to drive off coyotes and wolves in Georgetown
Williamson County trappers report the Extension Department of Texas A&M will deploy a helicopter to hover over known haunts of coyotes and wolves. The aim is to flush them from hiding for shooters to remove the pests threatening sheep goats and calves in the county.
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Williamson County
Extension Department of
Texas A&m
Boy burns at campsite near Lake Somerville
A month-old boy, William McCambenens son of Mr and Mrs Alex McCambridge of Pasadena, was treated at St Jude Hospital after falling into a bed of hot coals at a campsite near Lake Somerville. He sustained six third degree burns on his back feet and fingers and was moved to a Pasadena hospital.
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Lake Sommerville
William McCombenens
Alex McCambridge
Pasadena
St. Jude Hospital
Temple seeks miracle to pave 35 blocks as officials search
Temple leaders and 15 property owners discussed paving about 35 dusty gravel blocks in east and southeast Temple. After a special session Mayor Jamie Clements said no solution was found tonight.
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Temple
Jamie Clements
Rockdale Promotes Cameron City Policeman to Chief
Rockdale appoints Cameron city officer Harold Ritch to chief after the resignation of Chief Distant. Truman White had been acting in the role last week before the promotion.
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Rockdale
Cameron City
Truman White
Harold Ritch
Hearne Sheriff Reports Marijuana Plants Found Near Town
Sheriff P Elliott said Deputy Lee Hurley Jr uncovered 46 marijuana plants growing on a four mile ranch outside Hearne on May 27. One young Hearne man was jailed then released on a 2000 dollar bond set by Peace Justice Jack Mathews. The plants were impounded as evidence.
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Hearne
P. Elliott
Lee School Hurley Jr
Hurley
Jack Mathews
Burleson County Sees Five Screwworm Cases
Five screwworm cases were reported in Burleson County as Texas warns red alerts statewide. Officials cite favorable weather and heavy winter buildup in Mexico plus ripe spring conditions for continued screwworm invasion affecting livestock and animals.
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Caldwell
Burleson
Mexico
County Panel Refuses 4890 Foster Care Bill
Bell County commissioners at the June 12 meeting rejected a 4890 bill for foster child care linked to Kinsolving Canyon Lodge as a halfway house. The cost was not budgeted and thus denied.
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Belton Bell County
Kinsolving Canyon Lodge
SHARP Names Director for Cameron Pilot Program
Max Shumate has been named director of SHARP Sports Health and Recreation Program opening this week for special education students in Cameron schools. The Austin State School pilot expects about 15 students over two months with a three day camp for crafts music art and swimming in Leander Texas. Assistants named for Cameron are William Whiteside and Helen Ortez.
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Max Shumate
Sharp - Sports
Cameron
Austin
Leander
Texas
William Whiteside
Helen Ortez
Milano Correspondent Rejoins The Cameron Herald
Mrs R L Myrick returns as Milano correspondent for The Cameron Herald. A longtime Milano resident, she previously reported Milano news for about ten years before resigning due to her husband’s illness. Her column will run in the Thursday edition each week.
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R. L. Myrick
Milano
Cameron Herald
Gas Rate Hearing Set For Tuesday In Cameron
A public hearing will be held Tuesday at City Hall on Lone Star Gas Co. proposed rate increase of 9.63 percent. Cameron City Council previously granted a 19.58 percent rise in 1970 and debated ordinance clauses allowing future rate changes without council action. If denied, the company may appeal to the Texas Railroad Commission.
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City Hall
Lone Star Gas Co
Cameron City
Torney
Texas Railroad Commission
GED testing underway for adult education students
About 55 Adult Basic Education students are taking GED tests with sessions held June 13 15 at Rosebud Lott and June 20 22 at Lexington High School. Ruth Sharp Yee High School counselor oversees testing with Jack D Ruzicka assisting.
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Rosebud-Lott New School
Lexington High School
Ruth Sharp
Yee
Jack D. Ruzicka
Rockdale
Caldwell
Lexington
Marlin
Rosebud-Lott
Gause
Hearne
Giddings
Cameron
ABE
Jaycees Seek New Members in Buckholts Meeting
The newly organizing Jaycees invite young men ages 21 to 35 to join. They will meet Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Joe Glaser's lake house in Buckholts with members from Cameron and Buckholts. Roy Ingram serves as president and the slate includes Donald Pimpler as first vice president Mike McDaniel as second vice president Doug McFarland as secretary treasurer Joe Mingus and Jimmy Woodum as directors Dr John Martin is state director and Rev Pete McCabe is chaplain.
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Jaycees
Buckholts
Joe Glaser
Lake House
Cameron and
Roy Ingram
Donald Pimpler
Mike McDaniel
Doug McFarland
Joe Mingus
Jimmy Woodum
John Martin
Pete McCabe
Milam pilot builds own plane and flies for fun
Kenneth Thweatt a Shell station operator in Milam County learned to fly at Texas Reormotive College Station earning a private license in 1960. He shares ownership of an 18 foot long 150 horsepower plane stored at Cameron Air Park with three partners and plans a custom four seater in three to four years.
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Kenneth Thweatt
Shell
Thweatt
Texas Reormotive
College Station
Miriam Coutians
Steve Terry
Julian Terry
Jeffrey
Cameron Air Park
Denton
LaGrange
Bryan
Cameron
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St. Edward Hospital
Stiles Field Day
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Stiles Farm
Calvin Rinn
James Heineke
St. John Lutheran Church, Thrall
Taylor Chamber of Commerce and Businessmen of
Stiles
Texas Blackland
Helicopter
Wolf Hunt
Georgetown
Somerville
White
Grows
Project Sharp Names
Herald
Milam Pilot Building
Milam County
Corsicana
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