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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1972
Page
2
Public notice lists department contact AC 8617 697-6671 and states second class matter mailing at Cameron Texas. Includes publication schedule Monday and Thursday and annual subscription rates Milam area 6.60 dollars elsewhere 7.50 dollars.
A Milam County viewpoint laments low county bid decisions affecting printing and office supplies. The author argues for accepting low out of county bids and criticizes courthouse officials for resisting modernization and losing local influence to higher levels of government. Several candidates for commissioner in Rockdale and northwest Milam County are noted, with call for renewal of problem scrutiny.
City leaders urge use of ordinances and building codes to curb hogs livestock and wreckage lingering in Cameron. Neighbors should file complaints to back health officials as the town sheds a 19th century vision and cleans up yards yards and decaying structures.
A Stockholm report titled Mental Health and the Human Environment portrays Sweden’s welfare system as stressful and dehumanizing. It links rising mental illness to rapid growth and welfare costs, noting higher care costs and a psychiatrist shortage amid spiraling inpatient numbers from 73,000 in 1969 to 83,000 in 1970.
Dateline Austin reports Texas faces a looming registration gap for the May 6 primary with under 3.8 million registered of 7.7 million qualified. Smith and Farenthold note slower growth than 1968 and 1970 patterns, while Yarborough cites 63.4 percent in 1970 and a 1972 dropoff in working-class areas. With 30 days to go under the new system, questions arise after a Supreme Court residency ruling, and Secretary Bullock studies the case amid possible legislative action.
Starkville Mississippi reports a breakthrough in undersea communication and searchability as the Department of Aerophysics and Aerospace Engineering at Mississippi State University develops a continuously operated high powered argon gas dynamic blue laser. The device could extend visual range ten to one hundred times and enable submarine to submarine communications, with significant defense implications and a power advantage over infrared lasers.
Crawford C. Martin writes to Mr. Luecke asking voters to judge him on merit, defends actions against the Sharp scandal, and notes support from Travis County District Attorney in the 1972 attorney general race. He offers to provide further information to staff.
The Bell Milam Falls Supply Corporation met in a special meeting March 17 in Rogers to discuss Farm Home Administration rules on membership fees. The FHA will honor $50 fees for all pre existing memberships until April 1 1972. after that date new and additive fees rise to $100. About 60 existing members will be reimbursed the extra $50. new members should contact local officers or mail applications to Rogers Texas 76569. Engineers report the water system construction should finish by April 1 with cleanup and fence work through April 29. Plans discuss tying 15 Bell County water systems with more than 2700 meters. consolidation could add up to 1000 new members and ensure service if a well fails.
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