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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1968
Page
2
The Greenway Baptist Church hosts a Friday dinner at 7 p.m. with a Christmas Pageant featuring song and verse and fruit bags for children. Sunday at 6:30 p.m. a five act Life of Lottie Moon play directed by Jean Armstrong will be presented with Vickie Armstrong as the lead. Public invited.
The Washington Report notes the Chamber of Commerce says businessmen should decide if the post office becomes a government postal corporation. It cites the President's Commission on Postal Organization with nearly three quarters of mail generated by private business versus only six percent from government sources.
Marshall shows record construction in 1968 with city building permits totaling $6,202,492 through November under City Engineer Charles Arnold. The pace suggests December activity could push annual construction above $6.4 million, surpassing 1963’s prior high. Housing starts also rise with 139 permits valued at $2,201,386 through November.
Epigraphic quotation notes that good men are formed by earlier faults and often improve through a touch of vice. The sentiment echoes Shakespearean counsel on character growth and moral refinement.
From the Quitman and Center Church of Christ Bulletin a meditation on self discipline and improving conduct. It lists hard tasks to face such as forgetting and forgiving admitting error saving money resisting temptation and denying oneself with a call to think before acting and to treat others as you would be treated.
Paul Harvey notes foreign war losses quieter while domestic unrest declines. Business barometers rise across sectors as corporate profits hit record highs in Q3. Personal income grows with tempered inflation and auto production surges toward a 9.5 million yearly sales pace. Appliance demand remains strong and overall industrial output climbs.
The Kilgore Improvement and Beautification Association hears that October surveys show 28 leases improved while 40 show no change. A December survey notes 10 work types, 47 fire walls cleared, pits filled, wells plugged, sand spread, and rubbish removed on numerous leases as cleanup continues.
Washington observers doubt Nixon can quickly redefine government as Congress, still Democratic controlled, must rescind or alter Johnson-era appropriations. The shift faces budgetary limits, with economy blocs resisting broad cuts while aiming to curb long standing programs.
A unidentified truck driver halted on Interstate 30 near Cumby after spotting a blazing 1967 Pontiac. He pulled the unconscious driver from the car as Sulphur Springs firemen arrived at 11:50 p.m. The blaze is believed to have started at the carburetor. The rescued man is Kenneth F. McLean of Gonzales Louisiana.
The Einstein family pleads for help locating Elizabeth Loren Einstein aged about fourteen, last seen March 18 walking home from school in Redlands with a blue notebook and red algebra book. Authorities urge anyone with information to contact the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office and the Mirror, noting the case remains unresolved after eight months with no leads.
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