Kennedy assassination anniversary service in Dallas site marked
About 300 attend a brief service at the Kennedy Memorial opposite the Oswald shooting site on the 13th anniversary. Investigation continues with subpoenas in Washington as the Warren Commission is reopened amid Cuba and Mafia speculation.
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Kennedy Memorial
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Kennedy
Washington
Senate Select Committee
Martin Luther King
Arlington National Cemetery
Warren Commission
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Chicago
Fidelistas
Miami
Caesar
Joe Kennedy
Banana Republic
John
Kennedy Echoes and Camelot Myth in a Nation’s Reckoning
The piece traces how F M L 1961 Cuba actions loom over JFK’s era and how Carter’s 1980s run is framed as reviving the New Frontier. Ted Kennedy’s loyalty wavers amid a Georgian Southern Baptist rise while Cronkite’s JFK death coverage and Watergate reshape public memory and the Camelot legacy.
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Jfk
Jimmy Carter
Ted Kennedy
Ted
Robert
John Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Dallas
Bob Folsom
Lyndon Johnson
White House
Walter Cronkite
Pearl Harbor
Cronkite
Watergate
Kennedy
Commissioners Approve Bond and Review Gas Line
County commissioners met in a called session Monday to approve a bond for new commissioner Walter Stolte and to review a resolution allowing a gas company to lay a line in the Rockdale area. Cameron school board hired Mrs. Bob Terry as tax assessor collector. she has worked in the tax office until last March. Cameron city council met in a called session with Darryl Parks of Main LaFrance Co. to review the city budget and accounting procedures.
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Walter Stolte
Rockdale
Cameron School Board
Bob
Alice) Terry
Terry
Cameron
Darryl Parks
Main-LaFrance Co
Waco
Cameron and Temple Coca-Cola Firms Announce Merge
Cameron and La Grange Coca-Cola Bottling Companies join with Temple Coca-Cola Bottling to create a unified operation. Gene F. Blake will stay as president until year end then assist Temple in public relations. The merged firm will cover eight Central Texas counties.
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Cameron
la Grange
Coca-Cola
Temple
Gene F. Blake
Blake
Madisonville
Temple Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Texas
Luecke Named Chair of NNA Convention PR Panel
Frank M. Luecke editor of The Cameron Herald is named chairman of the National Newspaper Association convention publicity committee. The NNA plans its 92nd annual convention in Houston in October 1977 and the 16th Government Affairs Conference in Washington in March 1977. Luecke has served three straight years as NNA Texas chairman and chairs another NNA committee for the third time in seven years.
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Frank M. Luecke
Cameron Herald
National Newspaper Association
NNA
Houston
Texas
Washington
D. C
Luecke
George A. Joplin, III
Thorndale Youth Injured In Night Car Crash
A 16 year old named Bobby Morrison was in serious condition at Scott and White Hospital Temple after a single vehicle crash near Thorndale on Farm Road 486 Saturday night. The car hit a culvert about 11 30 p.m. four miles south of Thorndale. Morrison was alone and the car was completely demolished.
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Thorndale
Scott and White Hospital
Temple
Highway Patrol
Don Wardlaw
Bobby Morrison
Wardlaw
Morrison
MARC Center Moves Forward With United Way Support
Milam Association for Retarded Citizens MARC in Rockdale joins Cameron United Way drive aiming for $10,000. The center serves 20 to 25 adults and children, runs a daily van route across Milam County, and offers therapy and enrichment activities funded by United Way and via arts crafts sales.
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United Way
Cameron
Milam Association For Retarded Citizens
MARC
Rockdale
Milam County
Milano
Gause
Minerva
Thorndale
Marcia Sulak
Red Cross
Cameron Lanes
Knights of Columbus
Rockdale City
Downtown Nev Christmas Parade Sets Seasonal Decor
Downtown Cameron installs new decorations for a festive season with four 12 foot trees four animated snowmen and a Santa Area to be unveiled November 27 by the National Guard. Santa visits scheduled December 11 and 18. Parade on December 4 features the Yee High and O J Thomas bands, color guard from the 924th Tactical Airlift Group and participants from Arts & Service League First Presbyterian Bethel AME Fleur de lis Garden Club Rockdale Cub Scout Den 3 Pack 789 and a local clown group. Chamber of Commerce invites entries by December 1.
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Yale
Cameron
National Guard
Floyd Porter
Area Chamber of Commerce
924Th Tactical Airlift Group
U. S. Air Force Reserve
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Austin
Arts & Service League
First Presbyterian Church
Bethel Ame Church
Fleur de Lis Garden Club
Rockdale
Yee
O. J. Thomas Junior High
Temple
Chamber of Commerce
Crockett and
Main
Calvert Man Hanged in Freak Gin Accident
Bobby Joe Williams a Calvert man in his 20s employed at Calvert Co op Gin Co died in a freak accident Monday when entangled in a burr house trap door while loading cotton burrs. A co worker found him and Justice of the Peace J C Woods ruled the death accidental.
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Calvert Co-op Gin Co
Bobby Joe Williams
Williams
Burr House
Justice of the Peace
J. C. Woods
Santa Mail at The Herald Christmas Edition
The Herald invites Santa letters for its annual Christmas edition. Schools notified to invite children to write wishes and pre schoolers encouraged to have a parent help craft letters to Santa. Greeting ads from local merchants accompany the feature.
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Santa
Herald
Mother
History Fair Declared Best By Sponsor
This year's Junior Historian history fair was the best and largest we have ever had. Miss Ade Margaret Smith announced after the two day event that 25 gold ribbons were awarded for high and junior high projects. A total of 300 projects were judged by Larry Perry and Louis Grieger of the Texas Education Agency.
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Ade Margaret Smith
Larry Perry
Louis Grieger
Social Studies Division
Texas Education Agency
Miss Smith
54 000 Grant To Aid Texas Long Range Growth Plan
Congressmen Poage Teague and Wilson announce a 54000 grant to support planning for long range economic growth and new jobs across ten Texas counties. The Central Texas Economic Development District based in Waco led the request to the Economic Development Administration. Board members include Milam County judge O B Harden and directors Gene Banks Pete Kunz J L Banks and Ben Ford.
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Texas
W. R
Bob’’ Poage
Olin B. Teague
Charles Wilson
Central Texas
Milam
O. B. Harden
Gene F. Banks
Pete Kunz
J. L. Banks
Ben Ford
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Thorndale Youth
Yule
Marc Center
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Steelworkers Union
Alcoa Foundation
Rockdale Lions Club
Wynelle McWilliams
Clara Brooks
Beatrice Juarez
Craig Sulak
Sue McDaniel
Santa Mail
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