GAO cites no-audit lapse in 1968 70 CORDS funds in Vietnam
The Defense Department reportedly kept no audit for 1968 70 CORDS hostile aid to rural South Vietnam amounting to almost 4 billion dollars. GAO says 1.7 billion in supplies lack traceability and concerns over possible misuses linger. Senator Percy calls for accountability and continued safeguards.
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South Vietnam
General Acounting Office
GAO
CORDS
U.S
Charles H Percy
R-Ill
United States
America
Defense Department
Department
Vietnam
Percy
Senate Subcommittee On Foreign Relations
House Committee On Government
Dye V. Stovall
International Division
Military Assistance Command
Congress
Services Saturday For Burl Ward
Funeral services for Burl Ward 75 a White Oak resident were held Saturday at 2 p m at White Oak Baptist Church with Rev Riley Dale officiating Burial followed in White Oak cemetery He died in a Gladewater nursing home He is survived by his wife four daughters Zoinie Medlin Billie Ruth Hollingsworth Verlin Davis Karnes City Betty Jo Davis Longview four sons Oliver Ward White Oak Ira Ward Mannasa Va Oren Ward Villa Grove Ill Charles Ward Corpus Christi 30 grand children eight great grandchildren
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Burl Ward
White Oak
White Oak Baptist Church
Riley Dale
Ward
Gladewater
Zoinie Medlin
Billie Ruth Hollingsworth
Verlin Davis
Karnes City
Betty Jo Davis
Longview
Oliver Ward
Ira Ward
Mannasa
Oren Ward
Villa Grove
Ill
Charles Ward
Corpus Christi
W G Rike Dies Rites in Mesquite
W G Rike son of Mrs Martha Rike and former Cozy Theater manager died in Dallas on July 28. He lived at 1713 Rosemont and funeral services were held in Mesquite with burial there. He is survived by three sons, a sister, and a brother.
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WG Rike
Martha Rike
Cozy
Dallas
Rosemont
Mesquite
Mr Rike
Fred
Glen
Donald Rike
Martha Johnson
James L. Rike
New Orleans
College Program Aids Mentally Retarded Students At Saint Xavier
The article profiles Sherman and 47 other mentally retarded young adults who moved from a state hospital to Saint Xavier College. They now attend lectures and movies, use the gym, and participate in campus life learning through a normal environment and special training.
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Chicago
Sherman
Saint Xavier College
Saint Xavier program aims at social and vocational skills
Saint Xavier University president Dr. Harry Marmion says mentally ill label is misleading for 48 clients aged 17 to 38 with IQs from 36 to 67. The program places them in campus dormitories, seeking social maturity and self sustenance through vocational training and business knowledge, with about ten months to show progress.
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Saint Xavier
Harry Marmion
Mary Dominic Merwick
Peter Magnoni
Miriam Macabobby
Marmion
Court dispute over 1971 Texas redistricting act faces Supreme Court appeal
Austin district court ruled the 1971 House redistricting split 29 counties into separate districts unconstitutional. Attorney General Crawford C. Martin plans to appeal to the Texas Supreme Court while lawmakers and state officials weigh potential reapportionment by a five member Constitutional Board if the high court upholds the ruling.
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Austin
House of Representatives
Atty
Crawford C. Martin
Texas Supreme Court
Martin
Supreme Court
High Court
Toled Mushroom Painting Sparks Joy for Gladewater Women
Four Gladewater women and their instructor find deep satisfaction in Tole painting, recounting how a two hour session feels like a grain of sand in time. They describe favorites, the urge to create, and a wish to paint a basket of eggs and a watermelon slice on shingles.
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Gladewater
President Proclaims Fisheries Year Centennial
President Nixon designates 1971 as Fisheries Centennial Year urging citizen support for federal state and private conservation efforts. Traces origin to 1871 Congressional authorization and Grant appointee Baird who started Woods Hole research, leading to NMFS and BLS bureaus. Also notes Skid Row origin from Seattle lumbering logs.
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United States of America
Bumper Talk: Nader Targets Design as Sticker Trend Grows
Column notes Ralph Nader criticizes car bumpers for poor protection at low speeds. The piece recalls old bumper designs and extols bumper stickers as expressions of patriotism and opinion. It laments networks and car makers defending current bumpers while praising the sticker culture.
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Ralph Nader
Raiders
Nader
Gadfly
America
Hammond Veteran Scouter Resigns East Texas Role
U S Hammond Field Director of the East Texas Area Council resigns effective August 31 1971. He will join Circle Ten Council in Dallas as Field Director. Hammond served Tyler area for 25 years expanding T J Austin and Hub Divisions from 13 units and 146 boys to 102 units and over 2000 boys. He became East Texas Area Field Director in 1958, the first in the movement to reach that rank.
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U. S. Hammond
East Texas Area Council
Boy Scouts of America
Charles I. Lanham
Circle Ten Council
Dallas
Texas
Hammond
Tyler
T. J. Austin
Hub
East Texas
Gladewater Mirror announces staff and subscription rates
The Gladewater Mirror lists Harry Kates as General Manager and Advertising Director Jack Elrod as News Editor and Harriett Walton as Women's Editor. It notes second class postage at Gladewater Texas and provides Thursday and Sunday publication details plus mailed subscription rates for Texas and out of state. The paper consolidated with The Gladewater Times Tribune in 1949 and The White Oak Texan in 1969.
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Jack Elrod
Fredalene Clark
Harriett Walton
Gladewater Times-Tribune
The
White Oak Texan
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