Housing boom chases Cameron to build for Rockdale site
The Rockdale area faces a housing strain as TP and L begins a 200 million dollar Alcoa generator project in June requiring 500 construction workers over three years. Cameron, between Temple and Rockdale, must boost housing to accommodate workers and their families, with annexations and subdivisions already expanding.
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Lasers Not Sledgehammers Drive Cameron Growth Push
The Cameron City Council backs extending city limits for rapid growth and housing development to generate future revenues. The piece praises the Cameron Arts & Service League for a broad summer recreation program and urges monthly budget updates for the Cameron Independent School District to avoid fiscal shortfalls and bus needs.
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Carter Social Security plan outlined to Congress
President Carter sent a comprehensive package to Congress aiming to preserve Social Security finances amid rising costs. It proposes using general revenues to offset payroll tax losses, removing the wage base cap, raising employee tax by 600 over four years, shifting funds to keep the OASDI trust solvent, and broad structural revisions including decoupling inflation adjustments and tax timing changes.
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