Southwest Conference urged to broaden sports balance, Broyles says
Frank Broyles, former Missouri coach and Arkansas athletic director, says the Southwest Conference should not be dominated by football and should invest more in basketball and winter sports. He cites other conferences like Pac-8 Big 10 and Big 8 as examples of teams succeeding in multiple sports. The article notes Broyles’ prominence as a winning coach and calls for an alternative to the current football-centric sports emphasis.
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Frank Broyles
U of Missouri
Dan Devine
Arkansas
Texas
Cameron
Broyles
Tennis Life Edge For Young Athletes At Yoe Courts
A high school athlete reflects on tennis as an enduring sport for life. He recalls junior high players beating seniors five to zip and notes tennis offers longevity unlike many major sports. He also remarks on crowd sizes, pro participation, and the typical career arc into retirement around age 78.
Mother Flies Child From Fort Hood To Burn Center
A two year old Cameron boy, Stephen Townsend, was evacuated by MAST helicopter from Fort Hood to Brooke Army Medical Burn Center in San Antonio after suffering second and third degree burns from an electric washing machine fire. His mother, Mary Townsend, was also burned but discharged from Cameron hospital to accompany him.
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Cameron
Fort Hood
Brooke Army Medical Burn Center
San Antonio
Stephen Townsend
N. Jefferson
St. Edward Hospital
Cameron Airpark
Mary Townsend
Cameron Hospital
Easter Sunrise Service at Buckholts church
The Evangelical Brethren Church of Buckholts hosts a sunrise Easter service at 7 a.m. Pastor Robert Bunn leads the event and invites the public. Cameron school classes dismiss at 2 45 p.m. Thursday for Easter holidays with classes resuming Tuesday morning.
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Evangelical
Brethern Church of
Buckholts
Robert Bunn
Cameron
Fire destroys home in Jones Prairie area
Cameron volunteer firemen responded to a 3:15 a.m. Sunday two alarm blaze at Mrs. Bill Thweatt’s home in Jones Prairie. the house burned completely and the cause is unknown. The Cameron Little League Association seeks managers for minor and little league teams. Jon Forsythe at 697-3902 coordinates calls. Forsythe noted 124 boys signed up for the summer baseball program.
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Cameron Volunteer
Bill Thweatt
Jones Prairie
Cameron Little League Association
Jon Forsythe
Forsythe
Zotz and Krall Top Alcoa Foundation Scholars
Two Cameron Yoe High School seniors were named 1975 Alcoa Foundation scholarship winners. Edward Zotz and Nancy Krall, both from Cameron, were chosen among 49 applicants from 13 area high schools for four year awards totaling 4000 dollars.
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Icon Foundation
Edward Zotz
Nancy Krall
Cameron
Cameron Yoe High School
Alcoa Foundation
Aluminum Company of America
Rockdale Works
Larry Zotz
West Main
John
Jake) Krall
North Davis
Zotz
Southwest Texas State University
College Entrance Examination Board
Alcoa Foundation Selection Board
Walter Vincent
Rockdale Independent School
Vincent
Barry Boswell
Rockdale High School
Tommy Boswell
Redbud
Rockdale
Thrall High
Dudley Hall
Buddy Dulin
Charlie Martin
Milano
B. C. Sims
Thorndale
Joe Skrivner
Taylor
A. K. McCown
Thrall
Jack Faulds
Caldwell
A. P. Kleinschmidt
Lexington
Nature's Acre Takes Shape at Wilson Ledbetter Park
Nature's Acre is forming at Wilson Ledbetter Park as part of improvements on the neglected old site. Crews cleared brush and weeds leaving a defined plot where winding paths will be laid, creating a special nature area with its own charm.
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Nature’s Acre
Wilson-Ledbetter Park
Old Park
Explorers Probe For Oil Amid Global Search
Scattered reports describe oil prospecting worldwide with North Sea activity rising from 15 to 33 rigs in Britain. Norway’s Statfjord Field holds about three billion barrels, while OPEC price rises spur offshore surveys and discussions of a floor price to balance producer and consumer interests. Local notes mention park improvements by Troop 752 and a Good Friday service on March 28 at Full Gospel Tabernacle.
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London Reuter
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Middle East
Norway
Statfjord
North Sea
British
Britain
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
U. S
The
Cameron Ministerial Association
Full Gospel Tabernacle
H.M. Bowley
Darryl Proffit
Assembly of God Church
Milam ICA To Elect Delegates For Convention
Four delegates will be elected at a Milam County Independent Cattlemen's Association meeting on Tuesday April 1 at 8 p m in the district courtroom Cameron. Delegates will go to the Texas Independent Cattlemen's Association first annual meeting in June at the Ai on municipal auditorium. Alternate delegates will also be chosen. Ellison said the meeting is open to all interested in the association.
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Milam County
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Yee High School
John Chubb
Krall
Nature's Acre
Green Thumb
Acre
Wilson - Ledbetter Park
By Lionel Walsh
Sider
China
Heilungkiang
Black Dragon River
Siberia
Lake
Samadlor
Arctic
South America
Patagonia
Milam Ica
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