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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1971
Page
2
The piece argues that despite the U S Mint producing billions in silverless coins this year the public clings to silver coin myths. It notes the Eisenhower dollar availability, bank rationing, and a hoarding habit while asserting intrinsic value remains minimal and government profit grows from the scarcity myth.
A Dublin carpet dealer irate over a six months wait for telephone service advertised for carrier pigeons to aid business with birds familiar to Dublin. The Department of Posts and Telegrams apologized and promised a phone within a month. In Maryland, Baltimore still accounts for 40 percent of the state's crime despite a 15 percent drop.
Sulphur Springs police issued three citations to the Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad Company for allegedly violating Ordinance 774 by failing to provide flagmen or warning signals at the Texas Street crossing. The city gave six months for signs or flagmen after the ordinance was passed. The same article notes changes to postal grooming rules and NMIs plan to admit women as day students in 1972.
A satirical candidate pledges auto grinding poverty and nationwide rallies to win voters. He mocks wealth, promotes a fictitious Poverty Party, and envisions a landslide from Maine to California while describing taxpayers as the party base.
A diary style recount notes wedding prep and Christmas remodeling chaos, plus handyman strikes and soggy weather. It records three city accidents with no injuries, a theft of tools, and reflections on laundry, leaves, and home gardening.
Secretary of State William P Rogers decrees that Americans who refuse the oath of allegiance to the Constitution will be denied passports. The ruling ties passport eligibility to oath compliance, affecting citizenship and travel rights.
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