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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1971
Page
2
Editorial urges replacement of the Community Building library facility due to crowding and growth. The city library, active since 1937, serves about 5 000 patrons annually with 1 256 active family cards, and offers volumes, periodicals, and reference works far surpassing similar towns.
A youth oriented memorial program in East Texas gains wide praise as a premier example. The city proudly hosts the John Ben Shepperd Jr Memorial Texana Collection donated to the town library, offered free to eligible citizens, with the city covering most costs. The gifts memorialize through learning rather than stone.
Washington notes Sam Yorty pursues the Democratic presidential nomination while threatening Sen. Henry M. Jackson's national prospects. Yorty's presence could block Jackson from Southern California funders and deprive him vital early votes, especially in New Hampshire where Yorty gains a base via William Loeb.
Kilgore College in Overton will offer a 10 week non credit landscape design course this fall in cooperation with Texas A&M University. Dwight Hall will teach the class at the Kilgore College farm with weekly two hour sessions.
A midyear survey by the National Federation of Independent Business of about 60 000 firms finds 89 percent would hire teens if not limited by minimum wage. Regions with gains include Southern and Midwestern agricultural states. retailers likely provide most openings.
The Shreveport Journal reports Nixon outlines a wide program including tax cuts price controls wage freezes and imports policy aimed at energizing the economy. Democrats Muskie Jackson and Galbraith critique the measure while Agnew Connally and Kennedy Lindsay are floated as potential running mates or rivals. Economists expect effects by March 1972 with other stimulus possible if needed.
An opinion piece argues mental pollution rivals water and air pollution, noting trees and grass along freeways reduce noise. It contrasts urban sound with practical green barriers and urges practical solutions to curb noise pollution.
The Railroad Commission lowers oil allowable to 65.1 percent of potential for September marking the fifth straight cut and the lowest level since August. The September limit allows up to 3,350,493 barrels per day, down 45,264 from the current month.
Veterans are eligible for on the job training aid through the GI Bill or MDTA. For information on hiring veterans see your local State Employment Service office and contact the Veterans Administration for training details.
A collection of aphorisms and wry observations by MINUTE LOUIS J CARLAT SR. The piece riffs on American life, college habits, marriages, taxes, graft, and public virtue with quips about honesty, aging, and prudent living. The tone is light and opinionated reflecting a hometown columnist voice.
Shreveport Airport Authority schedules dedication of the new Shreveport Regional Airport terminal for October 31. Operations may transfer to the 68,000 square foot facility around October 24 if conditions allow. Airlines Braniff United and Texas International serve the site.
A columnist advocates ending traditional schooling as a radical reform. He argues August opening harms leisure time, envisions a system with no studies or buses, and even proposes one-room schools or vast city classrooms with impractical changes. He predicts teachers gain money, while education becomes vastly simplified and cheaper.
A personal reflection explores an uncontrollable urge to save and hoard recipe clippings. The writer contrasts private obsession with world hunger, war, and the desire for peace while noting the practical limits of what one can wish for.
Gladys Bonita Dillard, daughter of Mr and Mrs E D Dillard, earned the Master of Arts in elementary education August 14 at Incarnate Word College in San Antonio. She previously held a Bachelor of Religious Education from Assembly's Training School in Richmond Virginia. Thirty three students received degrees in August raising 1971 total to a record 341. JWC now holds May July and August commencements. Incoming president Dr Earl Jones presided. Sister Margaret Patrice Slattery conferred degrees.
The notice lists Mrs Harry Kates as General Manager Advertising Director Jack Elrod as News Editor and Fredalene Clark as Women's Editor with Harriett Walton as Second class postage officer. It notes publication Thursdays and Sundays from Gladewater Texas and gives home delivery and mail subscription rates. Consolidated with The Gladewater Times-Tribune in 1949 and The White Oak Texan in 1969.
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