Chicago Call pushes Evangelical renewal among scholars
Newsweek notes a May gathering of 46 scholars from 14 evangelical colleges advocating broader maturity and less sectarianism. The Chicago Call links to a wider shift toward classic Protestantism or pre Reform Catholicism amid rising conservative religious groups and charismatic currents.
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Chicago
Newsweek
Southern Baptists
Lutheran
Missouri Synod
Wheaton College
Ill
C. S. Lewis
Wheaton
Billy Graham
Bob Jones University
Chicago Call and Carter Era Cohesion Across Parties
The piece links the Chicago Call to the Carter presidency noting a move from 65 percent popularity toward party cohesion. It argues religionists may shift American religious life toward broader Christian interpretation and reduce sectarian splinters, reflecting tensions in Texas and nationwide.
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Chicago
Jimmy Carter
Texas
Funeral Held for Rockdale Civic Leader Harold Luckey
Funeral services were held for Harold M Luckey 69 former Rockdale mayor and bank chairman. Luckey served as Rockdale mayor eight years and held leadership roles with Rockdale State Bank Rockdale Cham ber of Commerce Rotary Club and Salvation Army. Survivors include wife Mamie son John Harold brothers Darrell Edward sister Bertha and a grandchild.
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Harold M Luckey
Rockdale
Rockdale State Bank
Luckey
Rockdale, Sandon and Southern Railroad
Phillips and Luckey Life Insurance Company
Salvation Army
Rosebud Voters Back Liquor By The Drink
Rosebud residents approved liquor by the drink in a Saturday election with 217 votes for and 125 against, a 342 turnout in a town of 1496. Falls County officials ordered the election after a petition signed by 106 residents.
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Rosebud
Peach Tree Resturant
Falls County
Traffic Mishap Claims Life Of Cameron Man
Cameron man Arthur Janicek died after a state highway dump truck backed over him in the 1300 block of N. Travis. DPS Trooper Milton Wright said Janicek stepped between equipment and was struck by the rear wheels. the driver was Wesley Henderson, a highway department employee. The incident occurred Tuesday evening in Cameron and Janicek died in Scott and White Hospital Temple. Wright called the accident avoidable.
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Milam County
Cameron
State Highway Department
Arthur Janicek
N. Travis
Scott and White Hospital
Temple
DPS
Milton Wright
Janicek
Wright
Wesley Henderson
Highway Department
Cameron planners study housing needs for Shell Oil area
An informal study by Cameron business leaders city officials and others to be published in a brochure examines housing shortages driven by Shell Oil strip mining near Rockdale and TP&L construction near Cameron. The group notes plans for apartment complexes mobile home parks 150 acres for eight contractors elderly housing loan bids and new motel expansion plus broader community needs.
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Cameron
Shell Oil Co
Cent
Shell
Radian Corp
Austin
Shell Oil
Rockdale
Milam County Welfare Expenditures Top $2.5 Million in 1976
Milam County welfare payments totaled 2 583 140 for fiscal year 1976 with medical care dominating the use. Nursing homes drugs and general health services accounted for most costs while Aid to Families with Dependent Children received 291 481. The federal share funded food stamps and commodities and most benefits were spent locally through offices in Cameron Rockdale Bryan and Belton.
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Milam County
State Department of Public Welfare
Texas
Welfare Department
Cameron
Rockdale
Bryan
Belton
Settlement Averts Threatened Steelworkers Walkout in Rockdale
National union negotiators reach a settlement in Miami ending a threatened strike by United Steelworkers Local 4895 in Rockdale after a 657 to 2 vote to walk out if no pact by midnight May 31. Milam County three month 1976 sales total 21279595 per state comptroller report. Darrell Crawford of Buckholts stable after gunshot at home. suspected personal safety related, weapon a .22 pistol.
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United Steelworkers of America
National Union
Miami
Rockdale
Milam County
Bob Bullock
Darrell Crawford
Buckholts
Temple Hospital
MOD Walkers Celebrate Record Walkathon Pledge Total
A Walkathon collection party raised 1960.16 for the March of Dimes. Melanie Wright won first prize for the largest pledges, Karen Sue Braden took second, Jolene Kopriva third. Loretta Stephens earned the youngest walker prize and Basilio Reyes the oldest. Pam Lewin won the drawing prize.
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Melanie Wright
Karen Sue Braden
Jolene Kopriva
Loretta Stephens
Basilio Reyes
Pam Lewin
Three Cameron men charged in February home burglary
In Justice of the Peace Jess Brock's court last week Jimmy Baker 21 Donald Ray Stanislaw 17 and Howard Wardlaw 17 were charged in the February burglary of the Fleming home near Cameron. Several guns and a guitar were taken and each was released on bonds under 5000.
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Cameron
Justice of the Peace
Jess Brock
Fleming
Jimmy Baker
Donald Ray Stanislaw
Howard Wardlaw
Pearson Named Assistant Milam County Attorney
Milam County commissioners approved the appointment of Robert W. Pearson as assistant county attorney at a nominal salary. Pearson, previously an assistant district attorney in McLennan County, will join John B. Henderson Jr.’s office starting June 1.
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Milam County
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Falls County
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Cameron Industrial Foundation
Caperton
Mary Belle Batte
Kay Green
Connie Anderle
Sandy Walthal
Fleur de Lis Garden Club
Bea Kestanbaum
Anderle
Milam
The
Herald
Cameron Community Center
Cameron City Park
Cameron Action Center
O.J. Thomas Park
Cameron Arts & Service League
City of
Cameron Area
Pearson
Cameron Evening Lions Club
James Walthal
Douglas Buck
Charles Unz
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