Halloween Massacre reshuffles shake Ford team
The piece analyzes a startling round of personnel changes in the Ford administration. James Schlesinger and William Colby depart key posts, Henry Kissinger loses the National Security Council chair but remains influential, and George Bush and Brent Scowcroft are named in succession plans while Ford confronts a shifting political landscape ahead of 1976.
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James Schlesinger
CIA
William Colby
Henry Kissinger
National Security Council
Nelson Rockefeller
Gerald Ford
Donald Rumsfield
Schlesinger
China
George Bush
Colby
Brent Scowcroft
Kissinger
Ford
Harris
Kennedy
Schlesinger -Colby
Rockefeller
New York City
Ronald Reagan
New York
Rockefeller Foundation
Security Council
Harry Truman
Truman
Congress
Dean Acheson
Nixon Kissinger
Moscow
Peking
Acheson
White House politics hint at Bush as Ford running mate
The piece discusses F M L politics and the president's business of choosing a running mate. It cites Bush as a potential Ford partner, referencing past GOP battles, Truman Dewey echoes, and Connally or Reagan as possible alternatives in a shifting 1970s political landscape.
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GOP
Truman
Dewey
Ford
George Bush
Washington
John Connally
Reagan
Bush
Nixon
Gerald Ford
Poage Seeks Treasury Control of Postal Service Receipts
Cong Poage reports House action requiring all postal receipts go to the Treasury and rely on appropriations. He voted for the amendment but not the reorganization bill, which he says would spend $1.5 billion more than the budget. He calls for returning the Postal Service to the Post Office Department with clear authority and responsibility.
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Cong
W. R. Poage
House
Postal Service
Treasury
Poage
Congress
Post Office Department
Cameron Day Care Center Opens Open House for Fourth Year
The Cameron Day Care Center invites residents to an open house on Sunday November 9 from 9 a.m. to 1 30 p.m. The event showcases a program serving 20 children from low income families with staff including administrator Mrs John Gel ner and assistant administrator Mrs Irene Simmons. The center receives funding from public welfare revenue sharing United Fund and local churches while offering educational activities nutrition dental screening and evaluations with education consultants Dr Anne Garrett and Martha Loeffler. Volunteers and part time staff from Texas Rehabilitation and Central Texas Council of Governments youth program participate as school allows.
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Cameron Day Care Center
John Gelner
Irene Simmons
Linda Laura
Texas Rehabilitation
Central Texas Council of Governments
Milam County
Anne Garrett
McLennan County Junior College
Martha Loeffler
Department of Public Welfare
Revenue Sharing
United Fund
First United Methodist
First Baptist
Church of Christ
Cameron Grove Baptist
Progressive
Milam County Rejects Charter in Special Election
Milam County joined a statewide trend by defeating the proposed new state constitution in a special election. Turnout was light with 2,383 of 8,421 registered voters casting ballots. Propositions 1 through 8 were all defeated or rejected, including the finance measure for uniform property tax appraisals. Governor Briscoe had urged Texans to defeat all provisions, arguing the 1876 constitution should remain.
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Milam County
Briscoe
Texas
Dallas
Agriculture
Executive
City Council Hires Engineer For Water Plant Discharge Plan
The council hires Carson and Associates to draft a plan to stop discharge from the water plant in response to the Texas Water Quality Board. A two-lagoon system with a lift station could return clear water to the plant, while dried sludge would be hauled away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Water Quality Board
Carson and Associates
Gene Blake
Ben Milam Savings & Loan
Three Hurt in Farm Road 485 and 3 Car Collision
A three car crash on Farm Road 485 six miles west of Cameron Sunday evening sent Don Allen Zabcik 19 of Temple Mrs Mary Williams of Copperas Cove and Ruth Carpenter Scrogin 67 of San Saba to Scott and White Hospital in Temple with undetermined injuries. Patrolman Don Wardlow said all three rode alone at 6 55 p m. Williams and Scrogin were westbound and Zabcik eastbound.
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Cameron
Scott and White Hospital
Temple
Texas Highway
Don Wardlow
Rockdale
Don Allen Zabcik
Mary Williams
Copperas Cove
Ruth Carpenter Scrogin
San Saba
Williams
Scro
Court Order Tightens Rules for Land Work in Texas
A federal court order may require Army Colonel permission and Texas Water Quality Board comment for work that digs exposes ditches or moves dirt in wetlands and other areas. The ruling extends permit needs to all waters of the United States, drawing strong Texas government opposition and potential land use paperwork burdens.
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United States Army
Texas Water Quality Board
Washington, D. C
Hugh C. Yantis Jr
The
Yantis
Congress
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Washington
U. S Army Corps of Engineers
United States
Corps of Engineers
Environmental Protection Agency
Texas
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Crockett
College
Coca Cola Bottling Co
McCullin
Cruz Reyes
City Planning Commission
Green Thumb
Ledbetter Park
Green Addition
Lynn Laywell
Yoe Field
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