Alcoa Support Boosts Cameron City Projects and Library
The Cameron community acknowledges Alcoa Foundation and Texas Alcoa Manager Fred Bergeron for $5,000 toward ten nis center construction at City Park and about $3,000 in aid for Cameron Public Library. Officials applaud Alcoa for arts, recreation, and health care support, noting broad community encouragement and dismissing criticism.
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Alcoa Foundation
Texas Alcoa
Fred Bergeron
Alcoa
Cameron
Congressman Drinan Sees Waste in Revenue Sharing Funds
From F M L Cong. Robert Drinan D Mass criticizes revenue sharing for funding tennis courts and ice rinks. He notes half the cost of these courts came from revenue sharing and praises tennis as a growing national sport with TV appeal. He credits Alcoa civic donations and revenue sharing for these facilities and thanks leaders who make recreation and arts possible.
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Robert Drinan
D-Mass
Massachusetts
Alcoa
Cong
Drinan
Remains Found After Plane Crash Near San Diego
The bodies of Jimmy and Charlene Dick of Hearne were discovered with their derelict light plane about 24 miles north of San Diego in Duval County. They had been reported missing on August 9 after departing for a trip to Alice.
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Jimmy
Charlene Dick
Hearne
San Diego
Duval County
Alice
Hiker Falls Down Cliffs Near San Gabriel River
An 80 year old Georgetown resident was injured after slipping while walking near the south fork of the San Gabriel River. He fell about 20 feet, suffering a badly broken right leg and a dislocated vertebra as rescuers reached him. He remained in good spirits and joked with rescuers during the救援.
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Georgetown
San Gabriel River
South Fork
John Ellyson
Rese
Uers
He Got His Buck Anyway on Opening Day
Frank Lam of Ogelsby skipped opening day deer hunting at age 96 but still received a buck from his former hunting buddies who shot seven. The group brought him one deer and continued their hunt at the lease.
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Frank Lam
Ogelsby
Missing Santa Suit Spotted By Rockdale Citizens
Rockdale Chamber of Commerce asks residents to check closets for a missing Santa Claus suit reportedly borrowed last year. The group urges returning the outfit to avoid further delays in seasonal appearances.
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Rockdale
Hospital Study Ordered for Gatesville Facility Finance
Gatesville hospital project advances with a feasibility study ordered by the authority board. The study aims to evaluate constructing and equipping a medical facility and to frame plans for issuing revenue bonds to fund the project.
Waco Chief Requests More Police Officers
Waco Police Chief Al Rozonvsky told Downtown Kiwanis Club that more officers are needed to meet citizen demands for safety as Waco records a 17 percent rise in crime in 1974. Rosebud faces a dam crack and funding crisis for repairs as a 25-foot drop measured ten inches at the Sliding Lake dam.
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Waco
al Rozonvsky
Kiwanis Club
Rosebud
Dan Roark
Signals Installed at Highway 77 and FM 485 Intersection
Texas Highway Department crews began work to install traffic signals at the Highway 77 and FM 485 junction, site of several serious crashes. Traffic engineer George Boriskie says flashing yellow beacons will cover Highway 77 and flashing red beacons will serve motorists on FM 485, with advance warning signs and flashing beacons ahead of the intersection.
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Texas Highway Department
FM 485
George Boriskie
Bryan
State and Federal Grants Support Cameron Library
The Cameron Public Library will get 1 043 in state funds and 2 017 in federal grants for the coming library year to buy books cassettes magazines records and prints. Area librarians met at Temple Public Library on Nov 17 to review allocations and guidelines from Pat Smith of the Texas State Library.
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Cameron Public Library
Temple Public Library
Pat Smith
Texas State Library
Cameron Library
Willis Looney
Mall Movies Set By Chamber of Commerce
The Cameron Area Chamber of Commerce Trade Committee will host mall area film screenings on Thursday December 4 at 6 30 p m The program opens with 25 minutes of cartoons followed by Disney’s Barefoot Executive a 96 minute feature Downtown shops will stay open till about 9 p m to let parents shop while children watch the movies Refreshments will be sold during the event
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Trade Committee
The
Cameron Area
Alcoa Foundation Gives 5000 For Cameron's Tennis Center
Fred Bergeron presented a five thousand dollar Alcoa Foundation check toward the four court Cameron Park tennis center. Total lighting and court costs rise to eight thousand seven hundred with local club contributions and volunteer labor supporting paving backstops and fencing. Community agencies coordinated the project, with Texas Power & Light aiding the lighting system and the Soil Conservation Service assisting in survey work.
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Rockdale Works
Fred Bergeron
Alcoa Foundation
Cameron Park
A. W McCullin
Cameron Noon
Evening Lions Clubs
Cameron Rotary Club
Cameron Knights of Columbus
Soil Conservation Service
Wayne Mann
East Fourth
East Sixth Streets
Town & Country Tennis Club
Texas Power & Light Co
Community Development Agency
Cameron
A. W. McCullin
CDA
City Park
Town & Country Tennis Association
Noon Lions Club
Evening Lions Club
Rotary Club
Knights of Columbus
Alcoa
St. Edward Hospital
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
City Receives Sales Tax Rebate Across 670 Cities
Comptroller Bob Bullock mailed checks totaling 14.5 million to 670 cities and towns rebating their October sales tax. Individual rebates listed include Cameron 8450.98 Rockdale 6132.14 Rogers 1515.84 Rosebud 4039.73 and Thorndale 2315.83.
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Bob Bullock
Bullock
Cameron
Rockdale
Rogers
Rosebud
Thorndale
Milam Lignite Deposits Spark Local Mining Plans
Shell Oil executive Keith Doig told local officials and business leaders that Milam County hosts 150 to 200 million tons of lignite, enough for 30 to 50 years of strip mining, with mining expected to start in four to five years on 22 000 leased acres from Rockdale to Milano.
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Milam County
Shell Oil
Rotary Club
Keith Doig
Shell
Doig
Rockdale
Milano
Houston
Cameron
Neil Isto
Mining Ventures
William Devereux
Citizens National Bank
Rotary
Central Texas
Texas
Milam
Isto
Area Churches Set Thanksgiving Bicentennial Program in Rogers
A community wide Bicentennial Thanksgiving program will be held at First Methodist Church in Rogers at 7 p.m. on Wednesday with Rogers High School band performing a short concert and postlude. Ministers John Greening Shelby Jones Wiley Wilson and Steve Stephens join a heritage medley choir. churches DaVilla Baptist County Lane Baptist First United Methodist Val Verde Baptist and First Baptist Rogers participate. A second Bicentennial religious program is planned for early July 1976. Yee High School Band earned an excellent second division at the UIL marching contest in Hillsboro on Nov 18.
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First Methodist
Rogers
Rogers High School
John Greening
Shelby Jones
Wiley Wilson
Steve Stephens
Davilla Baptist
County Lane Baptist
First United Methodist
Val Verde Baptist
First Baptist of
Yee High School
UIL
Hillsboro
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Larry Morrow
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Gene Blake
LaVert McKinney
Charlie Kunz
Ouston
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