Complexities of Social Security told by Westmoreland
Lamar Westmoreland district manager outlined Social Security programs for six counties at a Rotary Club talk. He explained eligibility, trust fund status, and recent law changes while citing 27,556 beneficiaries in Gregg, Rusk, Upshur and Panola counties and monthly payments totaling 3.401 million dollars. He noted benefits come from current taxes and that the program has grown since 1937.
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Lamar Westmoreland
Longview
Social Security Office
Westmoreland
Rotary Club
Mason Phillips
Congress
Social Security Administration
SS Administration
Marshall Branch
Gregg
Rusk
Upshur
Panola
Gregg County
Longview WIC honors Gregg County newspaper veterans
Veteran editors and writers from Kilgore and Longview were named headliners at a Longview Women In Communications banquet at Pinecrest Country Club. Charles K. Devall and Ellie Hopkins received awards for long careers and civic contributions. William C. Payette and wife Virginia spoke on columnists’ benefits and pitfalls.
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Longview
Charles K. Devall
Kilgore
Ellie Hopkins
William C. Payette
United Features Syndicate
Virginia Payette
Longview Professional Chapter
Women In Communications, Inc
Pinecrest Country Club
Devall
Viva tests and regressive obsolescence in everyday life
A satirical sketch mocks consumer regressive obsolescence and the idea of reusable paper towels. The narrator riffs on future tech and mundane desires for excitement, peppered with comic exchanges about phone booths, hidden cameras, pie crusts, and mortgage humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey
Back pay for reservists and guardsmen urged before Christmas
More than one million dollars in back pay is owed to nearly 60,000 Army reservists and National Guardsmen for October to December 1972 after a wage freeze delayed the raise. About 1,000 have applied. payments range from 16 to 240 dollars. Instructions for claiming go to U S Army regional commands and survivor claims to the Reserve Components center in St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Army
Phil Barnhill
Veterans Service
Gregg County
U. S. Army
U.S. Army
Meade
Ft. Sam Houston
Presidio
San Francisco
U. S. Army Reserve Components
Aguz-Tad-Dp
St. Louis
Missouri
Prayer, privacy and the quiet strength of faith across generations
A columnist reflects on growing up in simpler times and on school prayer debates. He traces court rulings from 1962 to 1973 and recent appeals, arguing the right to pray anywhere and anytime remains essential, while praising parental Christian instruction shaping today’s youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Supreme Court
New York
State Board of Regents
Pennsylvania
Congress
Lee Library Joins Northeast Texas Library System
Lee Public Library qualifies as a member of the Northeast Texas Library System serving 33 counties with Dallas as the Major Resource Center. The system will receive a $341,111 grant sourced from state and federal funds to improve access and staff expertise for Texas libraries.
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Dallas
Texas
Texas Library Systems Act
Lee Public Library
Dorman H. Winfrey
Texas State Library
Northeast
Dallas Public Library
Prosperity Around the Corner Says Optimistic Voice
A writer argues that despite rising unemployment and market turmoil the nation should stay upbeat. He insists the current gloom masks signals of better times to come and urges Americans to seek out and spread positive economic news.
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White House
Local Selective Service registrar named for district
The chairman of local board No. 109 Selective Service appoints Mrs. Cynthia Faye Lindsey of Gilmer High School as a registrar. Other area registrars include Hugh Mixon, Tommy L. Watson, Helen M. Patterson, Mary A. Wellman, Norman C. Tuel, R. L. Hudson, Joe W. Weaver, and others at various schools and offices.
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Selective Service System
Cynthia Faye Lindsey
Gilmer High School
Hugh Mixon
Gladewater
Tommy L. Watson
Mineola High School
Helen M. Patterson
S&h Journal
Big Sandy
Mary A. Wellman
Harmony
Union Grove
Norman C. Tuel
R. L. Hudson
Courthouse
Gilmer
Joe W. Weaver
Tyler
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Lincoln
England
Lincolnshire
Gregg Countians
NTER
Joe Pitman
Money Street
Pamela Solberg
Thomas Solberg
82Nd Airborne Division
Pamela
Army
82Nd Division
Consumers’ Corner
Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
Adam
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
State Court
Lois
Lee
Gerald
Rocky
Wilbur Mills
American Science
NASA
National American Sugar Agency
Nixon White House
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Gladewater Publishing Company
Glade Avenue
Dean Street
Gladewater Times-Tribune
White Oak Texan
Ham
White Oak
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