The Runoff for Railroad Commissioner in Cameron Recall
The Herald endorses Jon Newton 34 in the runoff for Railroad Commissioner over Jerry Sadler a former Texas official who struck a photographer and blocked press access. The piece notes Texas papers backed Bob Armstrong against Sadler and cites press transparency and public records as crucial to accountability.
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Herald
Jon Newton
Jerry Sadler
Texas
Bob Armstrong
Railroad Commission
Armstrong
Carter
Heraldn
Sadler
Newton
Plans Continue For Annual Stiles Field Day
Thrall in Williamson County hosts the 14th annual Stiles Farm Foundation Field Day on June 15. Calvin Rinn cites wet weather delaying crops while tours at 2 p.m. cover narrow-row cotton, minimum tillage, Bermuda grass varieties, and beef cattle implants. Gov Dolph Briscoe speaks at 5 30 p.m. followed by a barbecue. exhibits and expert talks complement the program.
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Thrall
Stiles Farm Foundation
Williamson County
Calvin Rinn
Blackland Farm
Dolph Briscoe
Rinn
Texas
Briscoe
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Stiles Farm
Texas A&m University System
Texas Blackland
City Opens Paving Project Near Cameron Addition
Cameron city council advances paving plans by adopting an assessment program and hiring Texas Securities Corp to guide the project. A sequence of ordinances, bids, and hearings follow with six to eight months before work starts. Other actions include park lighting, library board appointments, and park expansion funding.
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Cameron
Tom Anderlitch
Texas Securities Corp
San Antonio
Anderlitch
Monroe Fuchs
Joe Tomerlin
West 12 Street
Cameron Motor Co
West 12
St. Park
Ed Magre
Wayne Mann
Bess Jeter
Gene Lumpkin
Jan Luecke
Council Street
E. L. Wied
J. D. Moore
William Kelm
Lawrence Zotz
Bill Burns
Zotz
Charles McGregor
KMIL
City Park
Ernest Moore
No Pat Solutions Found for North Milam Ambulance Problem
A county study committee failed to reach hard and fast solutions for North Milam ambulance service during a Monday meeting in the county courtroom. A follow up session is planned as Cameron funeral homes may stop service by June 15, with Rockdale and Buckholts areas already relying on other arrangements.
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Cameron Funeral Homes
North Milam County
Rockdale
Thorndale
Louis Woelfel
N. E. Alford
Buckholts
Richard Crowe
Cameron City
Ernest Moore
al Coats
Gause
E. C. Westbrook
Milano
O. B. Harden
Dalton Caffey
Alford
Police Department
Moore
Alfordds
Woelfel
Judge Harden
Crowe
North
Folk Fete Invites Artists to Exhibit in Cameron
State artists and craftsmen are invited to exhibit at the 1976 Folk Fete festival in Cameron on June 11 to 13. The event runs at the National Guard Armory grounds from 10 30 a m to dark Friday and Saturday and from 12 noon to dark Sunday. Interested exhibitors not contacted should contact D R Pimpler, chairman, Folk Fete Arts and Crafts Show, Rt 1 Box 314, Cameron Texas 76520.
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Cameron
National Guard
D. R. Pimpler
Folk Fete Arts and Crafts
Rt. 1
Box 314
Texas
Agriculture Appreciation Week Set by Cameron Chamber
Sid Duderstadt announces Agriculture Appreciation Week from August 22 to 28, proclaimed by the Cameron City Council and Milam County Commissioners Court. The Cameron Area Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee offers a $50 prize for the first cotton bale and $50 for the first acceptable grain sorghum load, to be awarded during the week with details to follow.
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Sid Duderstadt
Cameron Area
Rosebud Dam Cracking Worsens as Funding Sought
Rosebud officials report a widening four to five foot crack in the city dam that holds the water supply. City Manager Dan Roark cautions a heavy rain could flood cropland and threaten two nearby bridges. The 1900s built dam sits on a creek bed with mud slip from tree filled banks. The HUD grant for repairs was rejected last fall and has been reapplied as urgent, with decisions due in coming weeks.
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Rosebud
Dan Roark
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Roark
Central Texas Cities Benefit From State Tax Rebates
City and county rebates from the Texas comptroller were deposited in Cameron and several Central Texas communities. Cameron received 3138.02 dollars, Lott 2608.67, Rogers 559.49, Rockdale 1635.53, Rosebud 780.14, Hearne 3136.62, Caldwell 3201.38, and Calvert 772.42.
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Cameron
Central
Texas
Lott
Rogers
Rockdale
Rosebud
Hearne
Caldwell
Calvert
Gause Competes in State Contest for Improvements
Gause community advances to the final round of the Texas Community Improvement contest on May 25 at 10 a.m. competing with Austwell Callisburg and Little River Academy after winning Region III on May 12. The program assists small rural towns and offers cash awards up to 450 dollars at the state level.
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Gause
Texas
Austwell
Refugio County
Callisburg
Cooke County
Little River Academy
Bell County
Dike
Fashing- Peggy
Hopkins
Atascosa
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&m University
TCIP
Sheriff and Deputies Recapture Escapee From Rockdale Jail
Milam County sheriff and deputies chased and recaptured Bobby Parker after he slipped from jail custody around 8:30 am Tuesday. Parker, held since Friday while awaiting transfer to a Waco hospital, fled through Helsey Stedman Motor Co. and into the front office before being overpowered. He used a handcuff on his wrist to fend off pursuit, leaving pursuers with minor injuries. Parker had been jailed after an accident in Rockdale.
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Rockdale
Milam County
Bobby Parker
Waco
Helsey Stedman Motor Co
Parker
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Robert Redford
Dustin Hoffman
Woodward
Bernstein
Washington Post
Stiles Field
Aluminum Company of America
Davenport
Alcoa
Iowa
North Milam
Milan
Harden
Rosebud Dam
John E. Snell
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