Don McNeill’s Breakfast Club star ends era of radio leadership
Paul Harvey laments Broadway style decadence and media excess on Manhattan’s cultural island and records the retirement of radio icon Don McNeill. He credits McNeill with guiding midwestern audiences for 37 years, preserving faith and family values as networks pursue change. He notes industry shifts toward less centralization and calls for a transplanted heart for radio. California’s agricultural lead is mentioned as a separate aside.
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Don McNeill
Breakfast Club
mid-America
Chicago
McNeill
Don
Charleston
Living Color
Sodom
Nixon Out of the Box or Still in Control
The piece analyzes Nixon's 1968 campaign stance and adversaries. It notes Republican caution in platform crafting, Wallace's influence, and Nixon's pledge to end the Vietnam War, enforce law and order, and expand welfare to jobs for the able bodied. It ends acknowledging a tentative shift in perception.
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Nixon
Keep It Beautiful Campaign Encourages Clean-up Effort
The message argues Americans must voluntarily keep the country litter-free, urging families, boaters, and motorists to participate without hired help. It highlights the Brewers Association’s yearly support and ends with the slogan Every Litter Bit Hurts.
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America
Brewers Association
Governors race heats up as Eggers and Smith campaign
Paul Eggers of Wichita Falls pushes a gubernatorial bid after the Republican convention while Lt. Gov. Preston Smith starts a 31 stop delegate tour to shape the Texas Democratic platform. Smith's broad outreach mirrors his 225 county primary grind. American Industry reports 7.5 million jobs created in four years, with 86 million in the civilian labor force.
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Richard Nixon
Oregon
Barry Goldwater
Davish
Dwight Eisenhower
Nixon
Ike
Wall Street Journal
Cook County
Ill
George Wallace
Wallace
Miami
Austin
Paul Eggers
Wichita Falls
Texas
Preston Smith
Smith
Richard M. Nixon
William M. Steger
Eggers
Grady Hazelwood
Amarillo
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Department of Labor
Gladewater Mirror Masthead and Policy Note
The Gladewater Mirror lists staff roles including Publisher General Manager Managing Editor Advertising Manager News Editor and Women's Editor. It notes postal details and a policy promising prompt correction of any erroneous reflections upon persons or firms when brought to the editor's attention.
Lone Star Steel Worker Helps Build Local Church
Dick Brewster an instrument repairman at Lone Star Steel and Pete Winsett join volunteers from First Baptist Church of Lone Star to construct a new church building. They donated carpentry painting and electrical labor from spare time and vacations, saving the project thousands and strengthening church contractor ties. Brewster, a 1953 veteran and Bertram native, and his wife Margie live in Lone Star with their seven year old son Richard.
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Lone Star Steel Company
Dick Brewster
Brewster
First Baptist Church
Lone Star
Lone Star Steel
Pete Winsett
Bertram
Tex
Navy
Margie
Richard
Pet and People notes from Gilmer Texas and nearby places
A collage of local items from Lone Graves era including Dan the dog stories from Amarada Oil Company White Oak and Opal Dunagan, land purchases by E R Brownings in Benton Arkansas, pet tales about Chili the Chihuahua and Liz the bird dog, a camp life report from Camp Gilmont with leaders and history, and reader requests for more pet stories.
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Lone Graves
Jack
Opal Dunagan
Rocky
Dan
E. R. Browning
Benton
Arkansas
Pritchett
Gladewater
Gilmer
Hallsville
Presbyterian
Traffic Safety Panel Urges Careful Lane Changes
The Portland Traffic Safety Commission warns motorists to change lanes only when necessary and after checking traffic in front and rear. It says needless weaving and lane shifting mark immature driving.
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Portland
Oregon
Traffic Safety Commission
Marshall Hospital Facility To Close
Marshall General Hospital and its nursing home will close August 31. Administrator Randall Deen said the facility will stop accepting patients soon and move those still hospitalized to other facilities in the final operation week. The city will then have 106 beds at Marshall Memorial Hospital after the closure. Home medical service for T P employees began July 1.
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Marshall
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Marshall General Hospital
Nursing Home
Randall Deen
Deen
State Board of Health
Marshall General
Marshall Memorial Hospital
T&p
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Paul Harvey News
Manhattan Island
Broadway
Mobile
Lambert Mims
Times Square
United States
New York
George Gobel
Dave Garroway
Garry Moore
California
Paul Harvey
the Mirror
Winston Churchill
Douglas MacArthur
Ozarks
Vietnam
United States Brewers Association, Inc
International Life Bidg
Austin, Texas
Che Gladewater
Harry Kates
Women’s Editor
Neal Clark
Jerry Kates Setstststit
Tate We Eee
Fredalene Clark
Harriett Walton
Glad Ave
Dean Street
Gregg
Gladewater Times-Tribune
TEXA
Ress Association
Hames
Liz
A. B. Reynolds
Liz Taylor
Sam
Reynolds
Watt
Southwestern
Southwestern Electric Power Company
Your Electric Company
People
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