Poets Know Says Brinkley On Mao Thoughtful Leader Or Poet
David Brinkley closed a commentary on Mao Tse-tung noting he was a poet and that poets know. The piece compares Mao’s life spanning 84 years to past Chinese rulers and to the era of Sun Yat-sen and Chang Kai-shek, noting breadbasket survival, detente, and Maoist discipline amid a China of famine, labor and reform.
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David Brinkley
China
Mao Tse-Tung
Mao
Sun Yat-Sen
Chang- Kai-Shek
Manchuria
Chang’s Republic of China
Taiwan
Formosa
Richard Nixon
Russia
Buddha
Nixon
Ford
Brinkley
New Hours Set For Schools In Cameron
Cameron schools adopt a regular schedule starting Monday September 20. Yee High School hours run 8:30 to 3:45 with lunch 12:05 to 12:50. QO. J. Thomas Junior High starts 8:25 and ends 3:30 with two lunch periods. Ada Henderson and Ben Milam elementary times vary by grade with staggered lunches and bus departures.
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Yee High School
QO. J. Thomas Junior High
Ada Henderson
Ben Milam
Milam County approves 972960 budget and flat tax rate
Milam County Commission set the tax rate at 95 cents and adopted a 972960 budget, up 95000 from last year. Revenue sharing funds of 156000 will be divided among four precinct road and bridge funds. The session covered rubbish dumping near Elm Creek Bridge and plans for a county jail storage shed, and discussed high band radios for Buckholts Constable Zajicek.
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Milam County
Curtis Hines
O. B. Harden
Hines
Imogene Rylander
Forrest Sapp
Cameron
Elm Creek Bridge
Silver City Road
Sapp
Adolph Gresak
Harden
L. C. McKinney
Wilburn Beckhusen
John Zajicek
Buckholts
Zajicek
Criminal Justice Council
Beckhusen
County Historical Commission
Chubb Reports Drug Concerns Among Students At Cameron
Cameron school trustees heard reports from principals about a drug problem among several students. Chubb, Yee High principal, cited about ten to fifteen students as potentially affected, noting signs like sleepiness and weakness but calling it not a major issue yet.
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Cameron School
Jack Chubb
Yee High
Chubb
Ben Milam
Ada Henderson
Bob Martin
O. J. Thomas
Bill Huff
TP and L Plans Lignite Unit at Sandow Plant
TP and L announces a 545000 net kilowatt lignite fueled unit to be built at Sandow Power Plant near Rockdale. The unit will be wholly owned by TP and use lignite from Alcoa reserves in Milam and Lee Counties. About 500 construction workers will be employed and permanent staff will rise with expanded mining and plant operations.
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Texas Power and Light Company
Aluminum Company of America
Sandow
Rockdale
Alcoa
Tp&l, Industrial Generating Company
Tp&l
Milam and
Lee
Brown and Root, Inc
IGC
Museum seeks renovations and broader county support in Milam project
Milam County Historical Museum Association meeting addressed security needs with bars for lower windows and six upstairs jail doors as potential covers. Exhibits chief Ada Margaret Smith cites a roomful of furniture, a doll collection and Indian artifacts awaiting donations once secured. Association plans to extend public fundraising beyond Cameron, aiming for countywide backing.
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Milam County Historical Museum Association
Jim Lafferty
Ada Margaret Smith
Milam County Traffic Accidents Total 166 In 1976
The Texas Highway Patrol investigated 26 August highway accidents in Milam County. Sergeant Fred Hurst reports no deaths and ten injuries in August, bringing Milam County’s 1976 totals to 166 accidents with six deaths and 80 injured.
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Texas Highway Patrol
Milam County
Fred Hurst
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Betsy Brown
Barr
Theo Aschenbeck
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Green Thumb
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E. A. Perrin
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J. Thomas Park
Emancipation
Vivian McIntyre
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