Cherokee County Dairy Cow Honored as Million Dollar Industry
A reprinted essay frames the cow as a moving factory yet in Cherokee County she is an industry worth about 1 million dollars yearly. The region hosts 50 grade A dairies, two processing plants in Jacksonville and Rusk employing over 100, with a $1.5 million payroll, and June Dairy Month celebrates her impact.
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Cherokee County
Our
Sahara
Babylon
Promised Land
Marco Polo
Jamestown
Jacksonville
Rusk
White House honors blind students with Scholastic Achievement Awards
President Johnson presented the 1964 Scholastic Achievement Awards of Recording for the Blind to three outstanding blind college graduates. Craig Anderson, Robert Feinberg, and Anna Kauffman, all top students, chart teaching and research futures while praising RFB's effort that lets blind students read with their ears. The piece highlights 900 current RFB scholars and 2,400 volunteers supporting blind education.
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White House
Johnson
Craig R. Anderson
Ranier
Minn
Carleton College
Robert Bruce Feinberg
Smokie
Northwestern
Generalization Critique of Medicare Based on Age
The author argues generalizations about citizens fuel Medicare. They note some over 65 need help with hospital bills, others not. Generalization is used to justify a system that taxes working people to pay retirees regardless of wealth.
Wallace Racks Up Votes in Democratic Governor Primary
Wallace captures 34 percent in Wisconsin 30 percent in Indiana and 43 percent in Maryland signaling a broad ethnic backlash to civil rights policy. Analysts warn the results could foreshadow a Democratic loss in November as Polish Italian Czech and Slovak communities resist job desegregation.
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Alabama
George Wallace
Wisconsin
Indiana
Maryland
Wallace
Merica
Liberty Amendment and the defense of constitutional freedom
The piece argues personal freedom requires constant defense and credits constitutionalism and capitalism as safeguards. It critiques growth of federal power and urges limiting federal authority to revive self-reliance, citing authors Gordon van B. King and Lloyd G. Herbstreith and warning against government overreach and propaganda.
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Gordon van B. King
Lloyd G. Herbstreith
Fiddlers Gather for 28th Crockett Festival Showdown
East Texas fiddlers compete Friday at Davy Crockett Memorial Park with 1963 champ Louis Franklin defending his title. Entries span ages from teens to eighties. A nearby Weatherford museum features steam engine No. 208, rebuilt by the Trinity Valley Railfans Club after a 3300 purchase.
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East Texas
Crockett
Davy Crockett Memorial Park
Louis Franklin
Whitewright
Texas
Cherokeean of Texas Address and Publication Details
The Cherokeean announces it is produced by E. H. Whitehead Enterprises with MH. Whitehead as Editor and Publisher and Mrs E B Whitehead as Officer and Business Manager. Subscriptions are $3.00 yearly in-county and $4.00 out-of-county with six month rates listed.
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Texas
E. H. Whitehead
L. H. Holcomb Civic Leader in Jacksonville Texas
L H Holcomb blends business leadership with civic service in Jacksonville Texas. An elder at Concord Cumberland Presbyterian Church he chairs the Chamber of Commerce Membership and Finance Committee and serves on the Rodeo Committee. He previously ran W E Bailey Insurance Cherokee Motors and G H Motors and now runs a used car operation. He and wife Joanne Martin have son Brian aged six and are rooted in Jacksonville community life.
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Lewis Holcomb
Concord
Texas
New Summerfield
Trout High School
Federal Institute of Business
General Motors Center
Garland
L. H
Concord Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Jacksonville
Chamber of Commerce
Membership and Finance
W. E. Bailey Insurance
Cherokee Motors
G&h Motors, Inc
Pontiac
Tempest
Cadillac
Joanne Martin
Brian
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Lufkin
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Angelina
Neches
Trinity Valley Railfans Club of
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L. H. Holcomb
Pacific
Atlantic
L. H. Can
Honolulu
Whitehead Enterprises
First National Bank
Texas Bank and Trust Co
Citizens State Bank
The
Lion's Club
Tee
Malibu
Raymond Teague
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