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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1971
Page
2
Elizabeth MacDonald Manning argues Americans should believe in world peace and economic stability despite inflation and war fears. The piece questions wartime reflexes and urges appreciation of progress, urging hope for a peaceful, prosperous future.
Christmas is described as a significant Christian season around the world. It brightens children's faces, Salvation Army bells, church services and city lights. The text notes the holiday as a respite from a hard year and a display of goodwill and faith in the Christian epoch.
State Board of Insurance reviews catastrophe windstorm pool rules as critics cite price gouging. Allstate proposals cut auto rates up to 20 percent for certain shock bumper models. Texas Supreme Court orders Cooke County trial over parental immunity in injury case. Land Board accepts oil and gas bids totaling over 1.7 million dollars and updates coastal spill reporting rules. House committee to study medical welfare costs as birth and death certificate fees rise.
Mrs. H. W. Jenkins attended the funeral at 2 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church in Corsicana. The Rev. Robert J. Potts led the service. Burial followed in Oakwood Cemetery. Survived by daughter Mrs. Suzanne George and three grandchildren.
A. N. Magill, blind since an accident 44 years ago, leads the Canadian National Institute for the Blind with 1,500 staff across Canada. He notes that every department except accounting features registered blind workers, a factor he says makes CNIB unique and famous. Magill holds a BA and MA in economics.
A Canadian focus on education and employment for the blind highlighted by Magill, who heads a $4 million operation serving 27 000 blind people through 50 offices. He notes increased job mobility for blind programmers and stresses training as key to future opportunities. In Lansing a March of Dimes prenatal clinic demonstration shows volunteer efforts.
Ellis Campbell Jr of North Texas IRS says when children jointly support a parent but none provides half, one child who contributed at least 10 percent may claim the exemption. The others file a form declining the exemption. Publication 501 and Form 2102 are available from the Dallas district office. Expensive doves In Austin 23 Houston businessmen fined over 700 for feeding seeds to attract mourning doves during season opening.
A satirical diary notes Jimmy Brown recounts a struggling presidential bid. He reports counterfeit Confederate money, a failed TV time offer, and a joke about slogans and fundraising woes amid a holiday rush. He mocks secret money influence and a nonexistent smoke filled room event.
A reader muses on holiday shopping delays and clever plans to divide buying tasks among friends. They joke about a national taxpayer platform promising tax repeal and universal welfare, noting rivals have adopted similar ideas.
Peter Devries fiction follows Albert Banghart a bumbling narrator who enters a marriage of convenience with Rose Piano then becomes a housekeeper and pursues wild schemes. Rose grows closer to Rev. Shorty Hopwell as Al chases money writing a novel while bird watching amid comic misadventures.
The Gladewater Mirror lists staff including General Manager Advertising Director Mrs Harry Kates News Editor Jack Elrod and Women's Editor Fredalene Clark with Harriett Walton noted. It explains second class mailing in Gladewater Texas and public corrections policy and subscription rates.
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