Nine Days Left in Herald Drive Campaign Push
The Herald reports nine days remain in the big expansion drive. Contest standings shift as Patsy Morla remains top while Jerry Schoppe and Mrs Willie Schwarz jockey for second and others move into prize brackets. Subscriptions and bargain-rate offers drive the final push before the campaign ends May 31. Local readers are urged to act before prices rise June 1 in Milam county and area.
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the Herald
Patsy Mor la
Milam County
Gordon Cooper achieves 22 orbit trek with precise reentry
The report lauds Gordon Cooper for a 22 orbit mission and superb manual craft control during reentry near the pickup point aboard the USS Kearsarge. Astronaut John Glenn is noted as picked up after his three orbit flight.
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Gordon Cooper
Kearsarge
John Glens
Lve
Funeral Rites Held in Corpus Christi for Charlie Barrett
Funeral services were held in Corpus Christi for Charlie C. Barrett 45 owner of Barrett Humble Service Station. He died Thursday morning en route to a hospital. Graveside rites followed at Seaside Memorial Park. Barrett was active in Wind sor Park Baptist Church and Masonic groups. He is survived by his wife two sons his father and five sisters.
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Charlie C. Barrett
Corpus Christi
Seaside Memorial Park
Lodge 199
Af&am
Barrett
Barrett Humble
Corpus
Cameron
Windsor Park Baptist Church
Yarrellton Masonic Lodge
City Renditions Net $77,186 Gain in Cameron
Cameron City Council heard the 1963 Equalization Board report showing 241 properties with increased valuations totaling $168,611 while 82 properties lost $30,425. Net tax gain from renditions was $1,234.98. New appointee Calvin Markham joins the Cameron Housing Authority. water and public works chiefs reported pipe and sewer work and street gravelling on several streets and cemetery entrance improvements.
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City Equalization Board
Calvin Markham
Cameron
Cameron Housing Authority
Narvie Caperton
Oscar Cook Indicted on Murder Charge in Crow Slaying
A Milam County grand jury indited Oscar F. Cook, 24, of Rogers, for murder with malice in the slaying of his mother-in-law Mrs. Dan Crow and charged him with three counts of assault with intent to murder Mrs. Velma Cook and her relatives. Also indicted were Edwin A. Holland on four burglary counts and Donald Ray Wilcox and Charles Ray Walker Jr. on single burglary counts. The panel heard from one witness, Mrs. Ma Brisbin, in the Crow home at Davilla on May 14. Mary Lou Crow remains in critical condition in Temple, Danny Crow has been released from hospital. The issue notes multiple other burglary charges tied to local businesses. The grand jury includes three women and nine men.
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Milam
Oscar F. Cook
Dan Crow
Velma Cook
Edwin A. Holland
Donald Ray Wilcox
Charles Ray Walker, Jr
Ma” Brisbin
Davilla
Crow
Cook
Rogers
Holland
Anderie Lumber Co
Johnny Marak
Cameron Bowling Lanes
Mraz's Place
Wilcox
Walker
Wilkerson
Thelma Fisher
R. H. Foster
A. H. Roberts
J. G. Chandler
Gus Elley
David Boney
D. S. Poole
Gordon S. Baskin
E. E. Henry
William F. Arthur
Emil Lanicek
Newton Butts
St. Edward Hospital
Mary Lou Crow
Temple
Scott & White Hospital
Temple coach George Kirk named head at Yee High School
George Kirk, 32, of Temple has been named head coach and athletic director at Yee High School to replace the resigned Coach Roberts. Kirk is moving with his family from Temple after three years as line coach at Temple High and three years as head B team coach, where his squads accumulated 23 wins 5 losses and 2 ties.
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George Kirk
Temple
Yee High School
Roberts
Stillwater, Oklahoma
Kirk
Temple High School
Cameron
Renee
Diamond Hill High School
Fort Worth
Texas Christian University
Baylor
Milam County Wheat Vote Shows Strong Yes For Controls
Milam County voters favored two thirds approval for wheat production restrictions, with 165 for and 40 against and 2 challenged. Cameron ASC reported 81 percent in Milam, the only Central Texas county to reach two thirds, while Bell and Falls counties fell short. Nationwide results delayed, but early New England reports showed opposition.
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Milam County
Aes Sa
Texas
Cameron Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Office
Bell
Falls
Falls County
Milam
Cameron
Burlington
Ben Arnold
Clarkson
Maysfield
New England
Administration
Cox Nominated For State President Of Bar Association
Joyce Cox of Houston, son of Mrs. M. G Cox and the late Cameron G Cox, is nominated for president elect of the State Bar of Texas. His father Cameron Cox practiced 50 years in Cameron and helped found the current State Bar. The Milam County Bar Association unanimously endorsed the candidate and sent copies of their resolution to Texas bar groups.
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Joyce Cox
M. G Cox
Cameron
M.G. Cox
State Bar of
Texan
Cox
Houston
Original State Bar Association
Milam County Bar Association
Town and Country Fair Days Planned for July in Cameron
Cameron hosts Milam County for Town and Country Fair Days on July 12 and 13 with livestock exhibits farm equipment and new car displays in the mall division and entertainment for all. The Light Crust Dough Boys and other acts will perform and booth space is available through the Chamber of Commerce.
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Cameron
Milam County
Charles Chandler
Chamber of Commerce
Organiza
Light Crust Dough Boys
Chamber Office
Chandler
Albert McCullin, Jr
Cook Recovering In City Hospital After Crow Family Shootout
Oscar F. Cook 24 of Rogers lies under guard at St. Edward Hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest and in Milam County jail custody after a Tuesday night shooting at the Crow home. Relatives injured include Mary Lou Crow and Danny Crow, with Velma Cook also hospitalized. Authorities recovered the 22 caliber revolver used and 12 shell casings. Cook’s statement to Sheriff Black and County Atty Prescott remains unsigned.
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Milamiaw
Cook
Carl Black
Jack Prescott
Black
Milam County
Citians say man needed as space machines show limits
The Herald spoke with Cameron residents after Gordon Cooper’s 22 orbit mission. All five favor human control, praising Cooper’s manual re entry and arguing machines cannot replace man. They stress human intellect and judgment remain essential in spaceflight.
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the Herald
Cameron
Gordon Cooper
Cooper
Earth
Eron
Raymond Bennett
W. O. Triggs
E. A. Perrin
Rain Lifts Milam Area After Dry Spell Since March
Rain continued across Cameron and Milam County with up to 2 inches in areas around Sharp Burlington Ben Arnold and Branchville while Milam saw 0.46 inch over the weekend the driest spring in 53 years easing crops and pastures. Experts noted ground moisture improving though a half inch helps little for grain, and cotton roots reach deeper moisture. East of Milam, Franklin Bremond areas reported up to 3 inches.
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Cameron
Alvin Herft
Milam
Sharp
Burlington
Ben Arnold
Branchville
Jones Prairie
Alva Sanders
Milam Ascs
Yarrelton
Buckholts
Milam County
Robertson County
Franklin
Bremond
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Willie Schwarz
Myrtle Dorner
Edwin Gandy
Wilburn Shuffield
Beaser
Herald
Charlie Barrett
Cameron Herald
Matula
Mrs. Frank
Star Rt
Cameron OX
Schoppe
Jerry
W. . Tyson
Schwarz
Mrs
Willie
Rockdale
Washington
City Water
Alee Tome
Alvin Hefft
Zarosky Division
West Cameron
Public Works
J. B. Earle
Sixth St
First St
15Th St
Gillis Avenue
14Th St
Wilson - Ledbetter Park
Oscar Cook
Danny Crow
Mrs. Cook
Schiller
City Lions
Edward Schiller, Jr
Cameron Lions Club
Monroe Fuchs
John Henderson, Jr
Bill Tolson
Ray Stevens
Kontamer
Bill Marek
Tailtwister Forrest Sapp
Crippled Children’s Camp Committee
A. W. McCullin
Ed Laywell
Byron Wise
Charles Zeigler
Milam Vs
ASC
Ers
YES
Littlefield High School
New Mexico Western College
McMurray College
Air Force
Carswell Air Force Base
Bar Association
Inside News
Milam Farms Ranches
Yoe High
City Hospital
Prescott
Cameron Hospital
Taylor
Temple Hospital
Crow House
Citians
K. K. Robbins
E. O. Schiller, Jr
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