Rangerettes to star in Ice Capades act
Kilgore College Rangerettes will supply the theme for an Ice Capades segment titled A Tribute to Kilgore College Rangerettes. Filming took place last week with Shirley Costello and crew. the act debuts in Houston September 5 and runs through 1974 in major US cities and abroad.
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Kilgore College Rangerettes
Ice Capades, Inc
Kilgore
Rangerettes
Shirley Costello
John Unne
Don Stearn
Ron Victor
Kilgore College
Gussie Nell Davis
Rangerette
Ice Capades
Houston
Miss Davis
Deana Bolton
Bennett honored for decades of musical service in Gladewater
The article chronicles a long career spanning bands teaching jobs from Butler to Pampa and Gladewater, Army service with the 90th Division, and a prolific era at GHS. It notes friendships with Danny Stueber and Carl Everett, marriage in Europe, a son born in 1952, and extensive community recognition including a proclamation by the Gladewater Choral Parents and a painting by Randy Wakefield. Bennett thanks the community for the inspiration.
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Butler
Okla
Bennett
Pampa
Texas
U.S. Army
Danny Stueber
Tyler
Carl Everett
Gladewater
90Th Infantry
90Th
Europe
England
Danny
KRST
Barbara Mackey
Melessa Stevens
Howard Dunagan
James Brannen
College Station
Carrie Watkins
FTA
GHS
Randy Wakefield
Kilgore parent objects to hair length rule at Kilgore High
Mrs. Jack Pyle challenged the Kilgore School Board over the dress code's hair length rule. She argued it unfairly targets boys and should require only neat and clean appearance. She cited uneven enforcement with some boys regularly checked and others not at all.
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Kilgore
Jack Pyle
Kilgore High School
Austrian born conductor named music director at Munich opera
Franz Allers, an Austrian born conductor with homes in New York and Munich, is named general music director of the State Opera Comique in Munich, effective September 1. Police report a break in at Reliable Motors on East Highway 80 under investigation with no loss estimate, plus routine local calls and a minor wreck citation.
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Reliable Motors
East Highway 80
Munich
Franz Allers
State Opera Comique
Allers
New York
James E. Custer services held in Kilgore
Funeral services for James E. Custer 48 were held Friday at 4 p.m. in the Rader Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Marshall Taylor officiating. Burial followed in Danville Cemetery. Survived by wife Ruth, father A B Custer and stepmother, sister Mrs Wesley Ray, three brothers Ray Kilgore George Houston and Arthur B Custer Norfolk England, plus nieces and nephews. Custer a World War II veteran and member of McCrary's Chapel Methodist Church died in a house fire. He was a native of Louann Arkansas and longtime resident of Kilgore Gladewater area since 1931.
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Ray Custer
Kilgore
George Custer
Houston
Arthur B. Custer
Norfolk
England
Mariner 9 Sends Back Data From Mars Orbit
Mariner 9 has relayed more than 50 billion pieces of information to Earth, marking the first spacecraft to orbit Mars. The data includes photographs and scientific readings, demonstrating a major advance in planetary exploration.
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Mariner
Earth
Mariner 9
Mars
Ed Merritt Dies in Kilgore at 64
Ed Merritt 64 of Route 3 Kilgore died Saturday at 12 40 p m in Roy H Laird Memorial Hospital after a three months illness. Funeral services will be Monday at 2 p m in Rader Funeral Home Chapel Kilgore with Rev Dan Morgan and Rev Marshal Taylor officiating. Burial will be Mt Moriah Cemetery. He had lived in Gregg County 38 years moved from Smith County. He was World War II veteran. Survived by wife Beulah two daughters Eileen Sperlich Kilgore and Mrs J J Wheaton Arlington one son John Sperlich Arlington three brothers Carl Harold Merritt Gladewater Otis Merritt Charlotte NC three sisters Mrs O D Moore Mrs Luther Ford Mrs Harmon Reynolds Gladewater and seven grandchildren.
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Beulah
Kilgore
Eileen Sperlich
J. J. Wheaton
Arlington
John Sperlich
Carl
Harold Merritt
Gladewater
Otis Merritt
Charlotte
N.C
O. D. Moore
Luther Ford
Harmon Reynolds
Rome's Venice Art Under Pollution Threats
Pollution from factories heating plants and motorboats has damaged marble sculptures and darkened canvases of Venice masterpieces, prompting calls for stronger emissions controls, cleaner transport, and preservation efforts by cultural authorities.
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Venice
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Mary Cagle
Future Teachers of America
Mark Mills
Lana Walker
Larry Osborne
Ken Bennett
Munich Opera Comique
Municipal Hospital
Paul Bennett
Winfred Vandiver
James E. Custer
Joseph Joubert
Dallas, Texas
Alamo Plaza
Ft. Worth
Dallas
Ft Worth Turnpike
P.O
Thunderbird Lodge
U.S. 80
P.O. Box
Oak Manor
East Texas Finest Nursing Home
Oak Manor Nursing Home
East Hwy
Elwanda Walker
Ed Merritt
the Drug Co
S. Main
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