Cameron Folk Dance Groups Eye Texas Festivals
The German Dance Group heads to New Braunfels next weekend for the third largest ethnic festival after dancing twice at the New Braunfels extra vaganza. Wurstfest draws up to 100000 in a week of art, dance, and culture in that South Texas town. The Czech group performed at the State Fair of Texas last October, signaling Cameron's Folk Fete gains momentum and a possible third season next June.
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Salado
New Braunfels
Cameron
South Texas
Roadway For Water Initiative Aims Drainage Upgrade
Cameron plans an 80-20 program with EDA to install 50 blocks of storm drainage from Crockett Street to City Park area. The project will channel excess water under US 77 SH 36 or East Fourth Street, reducing floods in the Eight to Tenth Street corridor and nearby residential blocks. Cameron was among 40 towns in 11 states selected for this effort. Proper drainage supports paving and residential development, turning water into a roadway for progress.
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Economic Development Administration
Cameron
Crockett Street
10Th Street
City Park
SH 36
Surgeons Cooley and De Bakey Vie Over Book Feud
The article recounts reactions to a biography about surgeons Cooley and De Bakey. Thompson defends the book as respectful, while Cooley critiques balanced coverage and jokes about who might play him in a movie. De Bakey has not commented publicly.
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Cooley
de Bakey
Thompson
Houston
Dr. Cooley
Dr. de Bakey
Mike
Denton
Reuter
McCullin Attends UR Workshop in Texas Conference
Cameron Urban Renewal Agency Executive Director A. W. McCullin Sr. attended a three day Texas Urban Renewal Association conference in Lubbock with about 150 officials. Top Department of Housing and Urban Development officials joined the panel discussions. The key focus was the Uniform Relocation Act which raised relocation benefits for those displaced by federally funded projects.
BRA to Aid Cities Build Sewerage Systems
The Brazos River Authority will advance 750000 to six cities and two water districts in the Brazos basin to fund sewerage projects. The plan aims to unlock 55 percent federal grants, with state support raising aid to 45 percent in some cases and avoiding bond elections for the municipalities.
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Brazos River
Wells
Texas
Colonel Wells
Right to defend family members limits force used
A public service feature explains that the right to defend one's son or family exists but is limited. Force must defend, not avenge, and may not exceed the danger or mirror the aggressor. Courts sometimes say a parent stands in the son's shoes, limiting the defender's liability.
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Fey Vasu
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Brenham
Cleburne
Brookshire
Brazoria County
Georgetown
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American Bar Association
State Bar of Texas
Will Bernard
Milam Area
Tess
Marvin Ethridge
Johnny Ethridge
Marlow
Nate Tess
Ford Tractor
Gaither Motor Co
Rockdale
International Harvester
Oliver
New Holland
Temple
Culpeppers Hdw. & Furniture
W. Main
Temple Highway
Ray Thompson
Waco Highway
Photography By
Logan
Waco Hiway
National Building Centers Inc. Building Materials and Supplies
Wayne Crawford
Cook's
Texaco
Wrecker Service
Rogers
Highway
Crocket
E. L. Wied Hardware
W. Batte
Hughes Texaco
Firestone
Fannin
Central
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