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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1970
Page
2
Archeologists report new pre historic bone finds in Milam County Texas including tusk and leg bone socket fragments found by Jack Pond. The discoveries, in gravel and clay layers, hint at mastodon and saber tooth tiger era fauna in the region near Georgetown, with implications for understanding early inhabitants.
Two new games named Smog and Dirty Water aim to teach players about air and water pollution and the tradeoffs in cleanup efforts. The Chicago Daily News endorses their use to spread an anti pollution message and suggests corporate board rooms adopt them to remind of ongoing environmental neglect.
At the Texas Public Employees Association annual meeting in Austin, state workers pressed for a 17 percent raise over two years. The plan for 1971 calls for a 10.2 percent raise next September, a 6.8 percent raise the following September, and a 3.4 percent merit raise for half the staff. It also seeks career incentives, higher pensions, and increased travel allowances including a $16 per diem and 12 cents per mile.
A reader urges Texans to vote No on proposed Constitutional Amendment No 3 citing that it broadens benefits to corporations and speculators, risks higher land prices, and hurts schools and county revenues. A second letter from John B Henderson Jr argues against Liquor by the Drink Amendment No 2, warning of more alcohol related social problems and urging Milam County to vote No. Other items discuss welfare changes, insurance laws, well drilling nitrogen gas warnings, and state opinions on taxes and governance.
Dear editor notes that a Brussels conference of 400 lawyers warned that computers threaten private life by storing vast personal data. The writer argues people already know private details through gossip and that humans outperform machines at tracking private behavior.
Ohio Senator Stephen M. Young introduces bill S.4336 to pay 7 million dollars to the estates of Kent State four students and ten wounded students. The payments would settle all claims for wounding pain medical costs and disability. Payments to minors would go to parents or guardians. settlements will not affect wrongful death and other state claims.
A grassroots note frames the Kent State University campus riot as a tragedy impacting university administrators, campus rioters, the Ohio National Guard, Kent merchants, and taxpayers.
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