22 Oct 1973
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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1973
Page
1
The piece reflects on Churchill as a paradoxical figure and notes the newspaper's challenging times. It mentions evolving ideals, a call for simple solutions, and a return to work in Cameron downtown with curb and street renewal finishing after rain.
F M L wires vanish and a new district fronts concrete paving as asphalt replaces the old. The jail is rising across the courthouse and a warehouse is demolished, signaling big change in a few blocks. Cameron buys buildings across from City Hall aiming for a future park or off street lot.
A Rockdale city council meeting erupted as councilman John Sonntag condemned police dog shootings while City Manager N E Alford said officers acted under old rules and that the dogs were disposed of under an obsolete ordinance. The town lacks a dog pound and awaits the new leash law’s impound period.
About 300 Caldwell residents are expected to join a ten mile walk to raise funds for overseas programs of Church World Service. The event starts at 2 p.m. November 4 from the courthouse square as a project of CROP, the Community Hunger Appeal.
Hearne City Engineer Jim Harless told the city council that Lone Star Gas Co. expects natural gas costs to rise about 60 percent when the present contract expires in December. Current gas is about 30 cents per MCF above yearly average. projected post December price is 47.5 cents per MCF. The city lacks a fuel adjustment clause.
Mood Hall on Southwestern University campus in Georgetown was completed as a men's dormitory in 1908 and has served several roles before taking on a museum function this month. A key relic is a bell that rang to announce messages to students at Soule University in Chapel Hill, founded in 1848.
Continental Telephone Co officials threw the switch at 10 30 Oct 10 adding a new dimension to Rosebud telephone service The conversion to Direct Distance Dialing went smoothly says the district manager
County commissioners and Texas Youth Council officials authorize Coryell sheriff to use state school bloodhounds for local runaways. In September youths’ dogs were relocated from the reform school, 30 dogs moved from state corrections. Residents protested the transfer and urged continued dog use.
The Rosebud Lott school board hires Sleeper Williams Johnston Helm Estes to sue architects and contractors over a leaking roof on the new junior and high school in Travis. An engineer will investigate damages while letters to all parties await replies.
Cameron prepares a three day Folk Fete at the National Guard Armory June 7 8 and 9 with committees named at the directors meeting. Publicity chair Charles Kunz leads a list including Frank Luecke Gene Smither man and others.
Absentee voting in the November 6 general election opened Thursday and will run until three days before the election. Voters unable to attend in person may vote at the Milam County Clerk’s office in the Milam Courthouse. The ballot features nine proposed amendments including on annual legislative sessions, homestead protection, ad valorem tax exemptions, conservation districts, city bonds for sea walls, probate jurisdiction, veterans land fund bonds, ad valorem tax levies, and non profit water supply corporation tax exemptions.
United Fund agencies feature a Cameron program serving over two hundred youths this summer. A $9,000 drive begins in November to support youth baseball. Scheduling games on one field has strained the league. a new field at Cameron Airpark, funded partly by a $1,500 city donation, will ease the load.
United Fund provides six hundred dollars to support Cameron youth sports. Five Little and Major League teams with about 130 boys, two Pony League teams for older boys, and three girls softball teams totaling 50 to 60 players use the same field. Concession stand profits, run by the ladies auxiliary, fund equipment and bills. Labor and materials were largely donated, with a view to building a second field north of the current one and future fencing lighting seating needs.
Reuter reports Maoist workouts issued by Maxwell Howell reach the United States with a four minute routine designed for 800 million Chinese followers. Aimed at workers and housewives, the booklet with a record retails for a dollar and promotes basic movements to tone muscles while linking to a running program for heart health.
Edwin Bigbee reviews recent city ordinances on abandoned motor vehicles the Southern Standard Building Code and building permits. The 10 day removal rule and court citation for abandoned vehicles. unsafe or hazy buildings require warnings. and permit rules require formal written applications with a certified survey and scaled pilot plans.
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