Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 110, No. 124, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 7, 1979 Page: 1 of 32
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weekend when ice-laden trees
and branches fell across high-
dents of Dublin, and active in
Dublin First Baptist Church,
where he is a deacon.
McKinney also served in the
U.S. Army during WWII in the
Post Office with the retire
ment of Postmaster William
L. Cowan and Assistant
have been sanded by city and
state crews. Sand was placed
on Washington, Graham, the
South Loop, and Lingleville
highway this morning by state
crews. City cres placed sand
tions. They are the parents of
one Son, Air Force Capt. Neal
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POST OFFICE EMPLOYEES RETIRE- William Cowan, left,
Dublin Pontmaster with 40 years service to his credit, has retired
tersections in town.
North-. Texas residents
slipped and slid into another
icy weekend Saturday while
Southeast Texans kept their
eyes peeled for flash floods
Battered last week by a
crushing ice storm, Dallas
residents awoke again to
glazed streets as a light mist
proached.
Forecasters said another
large storm was moving in
from the west, expected to
carry heavier rains to North
Texas Saturday night, along
with sleet.
Work crews in hard-hit Dal-
las were spreading sand-salt
mixtures on the city streets
headquarters in the Pentagon
in Washington, D.C.
Cowan has been president of
the Dublin Development Club,
Dublin Chamber of Com-
merce, Rotary Club and
Central Texas Postmasters
• Association He and his wife,
Lillian, and daughter, Ann,
are active members of Dublin
First Baptist Church and he is
a charter member and vice
president of the Dublin
Historical Society In retire-
ment, Cowan expects to catch
up on his golf and a few
retirement and McKinney
moves forward into a promo-
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for county employees. Final
approval of a delinquent tax
collection contrac§ will be
considered.
Commissioners will also
consider advertisements for
bids on a County Depository
Bank and on county liability
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He also served eight years
as a mobilization designee
Sunday
January 7,1979
equipment, appointment of a
committee to work with
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educational incentive plan,
and acceptance of Phase II of
River North Subdivision.
Police Chief Mike Watkins
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DUBLIN - Several changes
have been made in the Dublin
Texas Highway Department
(THD) had three trucks on the
state roads putting sand on the
hills and overpasses, David
Hinshaw, THD maintenance
foreman, said. THD crews
have been working around the
clock since last Saturday.
Hinshaw said icing con-
ditions weren’t as hazardous
Saturday as they were last
weekend because the traffic is
lighter and many cars and
trucks have chains.
The few remaining tire
chains that are available at
area stores are often going for
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exorbitant prices. One auto
store was quoting a price of
S50 for a pair of used chains.
The icy coating is keeping
Stephenville firemen and
police busy With accidents and
ice-related injuries. Firemen
made two ice-related am-
bulance runs before 4 p.m.
Saturday, a fire department
spokesman said. A police
dispatcher said police bad
investigated three minor
traffic a.-un.s by mid-
afternoon.
Major streets and in
tersections in Stephenville
a Postmaster Clyde T. King,
' and the promotion of Laten N.
< McKinney.
Dublin post office until a new postmaster is named. Bad
McKinney, far right, was promoted to postal operations super-
visor. (E-T Staff Photo by Wilma Hall)
WASHINGTON - In a case
with all the trappings of an in-
ternational spy novel, three
anti-Castro Cubans go on trial
Tuesday for their alleged roles
in the assassination of Orlando
Letelier, a former Chilean am-
bassador whose car was blown
to bits in 1976 on Washington’s
Embassy Row
RODANTHE, N.C. - No mat-
ter that people in the rest of
the country have put the holi-
days behind them, the 100 or
so residents of this tiny coastal
community are observing OM
Christmas - a raucohs cele-
bration that dates to the 1750s
when thir forefathers defied
King George and refused logo
along with the Gregorian
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TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s
new prime minister says the
shah will remain on the throne
as a constitutional monarch.
Tens of thousands march in
the holy city of Qom
demanding the shah's ab-
* dication, but opposition
reaction to the new govern-
ment otherwise is relatively
restrained.
handy-man jobs around the
house.
Clyde T. King is a graduate
of Slaton High school and prior
to moving to Dublin he
managed King's Variety Store
in Slaton and at one time
owned and operated a variety
store in Dublin. He and his
wife, Mildred have two sons.
Clyde Rucker and Kenneth,
both engineers in California.
King was the president of
the Lions Club in evelland
before moving to Dublin He
has been a member of the
Dublin Liom Club, school
'board and was a staff-
sergeant in the U.S. Army
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The new term of the Erath
County commissioners' court
will have a crowded schedule
when they meet Monday
morning at 9:30a.m.
County Judge Mary McCoy
will be presiding over her first
commissioners’ court session.
Two new commissioners,
Alvin Reeves and Dean Pack,
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and, according to Camacho, is
an outstanding and dedicated
member of the Ijocal oper-
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looking forward to the
pleasures of retirement.
Rudy Camacho of Fort
Worth will be in charge of the
Dublin Post Office temporar-
ily until a new postmaster is
named. Camacho is a gradu-
ate of Texas Christian
University , a native of
Brownwood, and has function-
ed in numerous and various
administrative aspects of
postal service. In 1968, he was
in charge of personnel in Fort
Worth and in 1969, he was an
equal employment specialist
for the Post Office Depart-
ment, detailed to the district
office in Dallas, the regional
office in Memphis, Tenn., with
headquarters in Washington.
He has conducted. forums
and postal programs and is
always in demand as a
speaker. Camacho was very
complimentery of Cowan and
King, stressing their dedi-
cation to the office and
community.
During the change of postal
personnel, Laten N. (Bud)
McKinney was promoted to
postal operations supervisor.
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early Saturday in anticipation
of the foul weather.
Snow was reported covering
the ground at several
locations in the Panhandle,
and fog blanketed nearly all of
the state. The snow flurries
extended as far south as
Lubbock.
Scattered thunderstorms
and heavy rain caused the
flash flood warnings in
Southeast Texas,’where some
sections were expecting
Cowan, a 40-year veteran of
the postal department has
been postmaster in the Dublin
office since 1953 Prior to that
time, he was assistant
postmaster.
A graduate of Tarleton State
University in 1938 and the
University of Texas in 1947,
Cowan is a retired lieutenant
colonel in the U. S. Army.
During WWII he served in the
infantry signal corps, field
artillery and landed on Utah
Beach on D-8 during the
Normandy invasion. He was
the commanding officer of the
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park plan
due airing
A proposal for an industrial
park will be presented when
the Stephenville City Council
meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
The council will also have a
public hearing on three zoning
requests. They are for a
change from B-1 to B-2 on the
South Loop across from
Bruner Chevrolet, for a
change from B-1 to B-2 on
Clark Street behind the
American Legion Hall, and a
specific use permit for Oak
Dale United Methodist
Church
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Cloudy skies and cold
tempertures are expected this
afternoon with decreasing
cloudiness and colder tem-
peratures Sunday night.
Sunday's and Monday’s high
temperatures are expected to
reach approximately 30.
Sunday night’s low will be in
the upper teens. Winds should
be northerly 10 to 15 miles per
hour.
Saturday's low tem-
peratures was 21 with a high
temperature of 25.
Precipitation measured .01
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AUSTIN -The Texas Health
Facilities Commission has set
an application by Hico City
Hospital for reissuance of a
certificate of need to consider ■
an addition for its Jan. 11
(Thursday) voting session. _
KEEPING WARM- Tammy Delo’s fur-trimmed hood kept the cold wind off her heu. Friday af- The 3,904 square-foot addi- ..... ..''WS —.......—
‘ternoon to downtown Stephenville. Since last week’s ice storm and with continued cold weather, meet -tion would be part of the _ CHAIN WORK- Sataiday’s icy weather seat many area residents
area residents have been forced to wearing their heaviest coats and jackets la the sub-freezing existing 7,975 square-foot outside to place chains on their tires to improve traction on the
weather. (E-T Staff Photo by Jim Crawley i .. facility, the THFC reports. Ice-coated streets and reads. B.Z. Curtis is.shown above placing a
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agenda include awarding 2T
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dump truck, a resolution
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Erath County received a icy
glaze Saturday as freezing
drizzle fell over the county.
Freezing temperatures,
staying in the 20's throughout
the day, kept the drizzle in a
frozen state.
Conditions may improve
today although a traveler's
advisory in still in effect, as
the National Weather Service
predicts the freezing drizzle,
mixed with freezing rain will
end early Sunday. Less than a
20 percent chance of
precipitation is expected
Sunday.
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McKinney and his wife, and Clyde King, second from right, with 29 years of service, has
Marguerite, are lifetime real- Abo retired. Rudy Camacho of Fort Worth, is la charge of the
covered most of the state for
one reason or another.
Forecasts included freezing
drizzle and possibly freezing
rain for North Texas, with pre-
cipitation expected to change
to snow over the Panhandle.
Freezing drizzle over was also
expected over Northwest and
freezing temperatures South Texas with light rain
overnight. " ' and scattered showers
Temperatures early elsewhere.
will be attending their first Helen Martin is scheduled to
meeting after receiving their discuss the possibility of
oaths of office last week. county financial assistance
Commissioners will consid- with Committee on Aging van.
er which bridge will be Tax Assessor-Collector
designated as the first for Frances Wise will ask
replacement this year. They commissioners for additional
will also discuss the purchase help in her office.
of a land parcel for use as a The panel will also appoint a
gravel pit for precinct 1. salary grievance committee
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Downs, Bob. Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 110, No. 124, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 7, 1979, newspaper, January 7, 1979; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1501602/m1/1/?q=Christmas+AND+slave: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dublin Public Library.