Milam County unemployment drops to 3.6 percent
Texas Employment Commission reports Milam County May 1 unemployment at 3.6 percent with 327 jobless out of a labor force of 9,066. The state April rate was 5.9 percent and the national rate over 8 percent, highlighting Milam and Cameron as leaders in diverse growth and civic effort.
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Texas Employment Commission
Milam County
TEC
Milam
Cameron
Rockdale
South Milam County
Texas Highway Patrol
Fred Hurst
City Keeps Rural Fire and Ambulance Service Despite County Refusal
Rochdale city council unanimously approved a resolution to continue fire and ambulance service outside city lines, urging Milam County to share funding. The move follows county rejection of aid for delinquent rural ambulance bills and a threat to halt service at the city limits.
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Rochdale
Ernie Moore
Commissioners Court
Moore
Rockdale
Farm Census Letters Asked Texas Farmers to Return Forms
The Bureau of the Census mails 99 thousand letters appealing Texas farmers and agriculture associates to return completed 1974 Census of Agriculture forms. About 69 percent mailed back from 323 thousand sent. collection closes June 30. Responses are mandatory and confidential.
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Texas
Bureau of the Census
Bureau
Patton to Command 2nd Armored Division at Fort Hood
Major Gen. George S. Patton III will assume command of the 2nd Armored Division from Major Gen. Robert Fair in ceremonies at Fort Hood on August 4. Patton is the son of Gen. George S. Patton Jr., who led the division from 1940 to 1942 during World War II.
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George S. Patton III
2Nd Armored Division
Robert Fair
Patton
George S. Patton Jr
Cameron Wins Governor’s Community Award in Fort Worth
Cameron, in the 5,000-10,000 population bracket, earned a Governor’s Community Achievement Award for urban renewal and beautification efforts. A large Cameron delegation attended a noon luncheon at the Hilton Inn with Governor Dolph Briscoe presenting the plaque.
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Cameron
Fort Worth
Barbara Smitherman
John Rosson
Gene Blake
Lloyd Albertson
Cameroun
A. W. McCullin
Hilton Inn
Jackson Square Room
Gene Smitherman
Smitherman
Hilton
Dolph Briscoe
Perry Holder
Blake
Briscoe
Janie Briscoe
Texas
First International Space Flight Promises Diplomatic Triumph
The Apollo-Soyuz link up will launch July 15 with three American astronauts and two Soviet cosmonauts aboard separate craft. They will dock in orbit for two days of joint experiments, a milestone in science and Cold War diplomacy.
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New York
Earth
ASTP
Richard Nixon
Alexei Kosygin
U. S
Soyuz
Apollo
Hubert II Medical School Graduate Honors in Guadalajara
Ben F. Hubert son of Mrs. J. S. Hubert and the late Dr. J. S. Hubert of Cameron graduated from Autonoma University Medical School in Guadalajara Mexico on June 12 as part of a class of 571 graduates including 30 Texans. Family and friends Mrs. Hubert Mrs. Ben Hubert Dr and Mrs Scott Doughtery of Houston Mrs Jack Shields and Miss Jennifer Shields of Abilene attended the ceremonies.
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Ben F. Hubert
J. S. Hubert
Cameron
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Autonoma University Medical School
Guadalajara
Mexico
Hubert
Ben Hubert
Scott Doughtery
Houston
Jack Shields
Jennifer Shields
Abilene
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Calvert and Robinson State Bank
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Austin
Calvert
Gas Company
Georgetown
Lone Star Gas Co
Belton
McGreegor
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Yell Memorial Hospital
Gatesville
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