New jail design eyed as asset to county seat
The architect sketches a modern jail funded by revenue sharing with interior checks by the State Health Department. Bids will be sought upon approval. A letter writer notes past escapes from the old 1880s building and reflects on sociological causes of crime and recurring imprisonment.
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Milam County
Texas State Department of Health
Commissioners Court
Emmett Trant and Associates
Bryan
State Health Department
Oklahoma
Bastille-Broiler Milam County
Democratic Party
C. R. (Roy) Law
Minor Labor Day Crashes Reported on Milam Highways
Milam traffic logged three minor accidents during Labor Day weekend as DPS Patrolman Milton Wright of Cameron noted. One Milano crash before Operation Motorcide involved two trucks on slick pavement at a rail overpass. a jackknifed truck blocked the road for about 90 minutes with no injuries. Cameron police investigated a second crash near Brown's Laundry involving Oscar Calhoun of Cameron, with his car hitting a signpost after losing control.
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Milam
Highway Patrol
DPS
Milton Wright
Cameron
Milano
Wright
Cameron City
Oscar Calhoun
Brown
Reforms Hinted After Prison Breaks Across States
The piece recalls inmates who mock attempts at escape yet return to confinement, contrasting old defiance with possible modern reforms. It notes church choir visits to prisons and cites Attica McAlester and Michigan City as notorious cases, suggesting Milam County may see change.
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Attica
McAlester
Michigan City
Milam County
Government Assures Gas For Rural Areas
President Nixon proposed a mandatory propane allocation to rural and farm users as inventories run 15.4 million barrels below last year. Public hearings will be in Washington on Friday. The plan prioritizes farmers, rural heating, and trailers for September through next April, with industries and refineries cutting propane use. Local distributor Bob Wells notes access remains but via longer sourcing.
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Richard Nixon
Washington
Bob Wells
Wells
Middle East
Milam City Council Reviews Insurance and Landfill Needs
The Milam city council met for 30 minutes to review reports from department heads and plan bids for downtown and school area signs. They discussed parking, delinquent properties, a future landfill site, and a police department inquiry while noting a brief shower that ended a month-long drought.
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Gene Blake
Jim Camp
E. A. Bigbee
Jim Hale
A. W. McCullin
Council
Lincoln Mondick
Texas Air Control Board
Bigbee
Blake
Hale
First Street
Lawrence Zotz
the Herald
Bob Pilkey
Boy Injured In Hay Truck Mishap Near Cameron
An eight year old boy from the Pettibone area in Cameron was taken to Scott and White Memorial Hospital in Temple after reportedly being run over by a wheel from a hay loader while he fell from a hay truck driven by his mother. He was listed in satisfactory condition.
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Cameron
Scott and White Memorial Hospital
Temple
Gregory Gelner
Billy Gelner
Pettibone
Yoe, Ducks To Clash In Season Opener
Cameron Yoemen travel to Taylor for the 1973 74 season opener against the Ducks. Ed Cauley notes the need to control the football and start strong. Tickets ranges 75 cents to 2 dollars with gate general admission 1 75. Kickoff at 8 p m. in Taylor.
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Yoe
Ducks
Cameron Yoemen
Taylor
Taylor Ducks
Ed Cauley
Cameron
Cauley
Yee High School
Cameron Yeemen
Fire At Cafe Follows Breakin
Cameron volunteer firemen responded to Papa John's Cafe at 1 45 a m Monday where an arson fire during a break in damaged a storage room and ceilings and about 30 was stolen. Discovered by a Santa Fe train crew the blaze burned for about ninety minutes. Firemen were later called to a grassfire at the Henry Popham place in Yarrelton community about 4 p m Monday.
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Ricky Williams
Ricky Sapp
Joe Smitherman
Ronnie Bennett
Jeff Smitherman
Jasus White
George Whiteside
Willie Bell
Gary Hornung
Harry Brooks
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