Cameron Fire Truck Driver Dies After Weekend Crash
Bud Cameron firetruck driver died from injuries sustained in a Sunday crash on FM 487 near Rochdale. Funeral services were held in Cameron with Cameron Fire Department members as pallbearers. The Alcoa plant explosion followed days later as other firemen perished nationwide.
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Rookdale
Burn
Irreen
Oak Hill
Cameron Fire Department
Southco
Hockdale
Iher Uiremen
New York City
Lieet
Hird
Rochdale
N .Ot Adjacet
Frank Chapman
Alcoa
Sete
Milton Wright
Temple Burd
Richards Hospital
Rockdale
Scott & White Hospital
Temple
Burd
Wright
Nathan Lewis
Gene Angell
Farm To-Market
Incumbent Jesse James Faces ballot with pallb banner quest
Incumbent State Treasurer Jesse James, longtime Texas official, has a near namesake appearing on the general ballot under the Constitutions Party. Monroe Fuchs, a Cameron resident, leads Texas Poultry Federation education efforts, pictured with six other poultry leaders in a trade publication.
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Jesse James
Borndale
Texas
Jesse Lee James
Hive
Monroe Fuchs
Cameron
Texas Poultry Federation
Rudy T. Garza
Constitutea
War
Lawrence Daffan Gilmer
Cameron Police Back At Work After Reinstatement
Cameron Mayor and Council reestablish the five member police force with four eight hour days and two 12 hour days weekly plus five paid base days a year. Overtime pay and two days off are included. Milam County Sheriff and Texas Highway Patrol aided during a two day police absence.
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Passel Wilson
Cameron Ioelice
Starrett Hackman
Frank Chapmen
Herald
Chapinca
Robert Lyymke
McCall
Claude Bailey
Vernie Miller
Pat McCall
Claude Baily
Council
Wilson
Lawrence Zotz
Chapman
Lester Turner
J. ©. Marek
Zor
Earl
Cameron
Milam County
Thanksgiving Rite Marks Centennial of Galveston Sisters
An evening Mass on the St Edward Convent lawn celebrated the centennial of the Galveston landing of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, who run St Edward Hospital in Cameron. About 250 Cameron residents attended as Bishop Louis J. Reicher spoke on early efforts to establish medical facilities in Texas.
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Galveston
Systers A. Charity of the Incarnate Word
St. Edward Hospital
Cameron Thomas
St. Edward Convent
Cameron Area
Louis J. Reicher
Austin
Sisters of Charity
Texas
Edward C. Matocha
Diocese of Austin
Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word
Cameron
Two Teens Held in Buckholts Auto Theft Case
Two 16 year old suspects from Houston are in Milam County Jail after Buckholts officers found them driving a stolen Chevrolet station wagon at 10 p.m. Tuesday. They visited a youth in Buckholts before being detained. Charges are pending in Houston. The youths discussed driving to Houston and Jasper.
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Houston
Milam County
Buckholts
Jasper
Shell Drilling 3rd Smackover Well in Milam County
Shell Oil Company of Houston plans a third deep wildcat in Milam County to locate the Smackover formation. No. 2 Adone Estate will be drilled to 16 400 feet on a 417 acre tract near Gause and Milano, about 9 000 feet from No. 1 Neil Ross. Drilling will start in two to three weeks after road work. Several majors hold large Milam leases, including Sinclair Sun and Pan American, amid prior unsuccessful attempts.
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Shell Oil Company of Houston
Milam County
Shell
James Eldridge
Board Road
No. 1
Adole
Shell Oil Company
Neil Ross
Sinclair
Sun
Pan American Oil Corporation
Atomizing Plant Damaged After Rockdale Explosion
Preliminary damage estimates from Rockdale Alcoa plant show the atomizing facility badly damaged after a Sunday explosion in the dust collection system. Six workers were nearby but uninjured as a fire burned out. repair crews and a full survey will follow.
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Rockdale
Cameron
Alcoa
John Prust
Prust
The
Herald
Brust
Howard F. Chrisco
Rockdale Works
Absentee Voting Underway for November Election
Absentee voting began Wednesday at the County Clerk's Office for the November election. Voters must be registered or have paid a poll tax by January 31. Absentee ballots may be mailed before November 4 if the voter is unable to go to the polls or is registered in this county but resides elsewhere. Those out of town may vote at the Courthouse through November 4. The 15 by 2 inch ballot covers state and local races with 16 proposed amendments. Incumbent Governor Connally faces four challengers. U.S. Senator race includes Carr, Tower, and Barker Holland.
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Wayne Wiever
John Connally
T. E. Kennerly
Constitution Party
Tommye Gillespie
Bard A. Logan
Waggoner Carr
John Tower
James Barker Holland
U.S
Preston Smith
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