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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1970
Page
1
Glade water native Winston Hill veteran starting tackle for the New York Jets earns United Press International 1970 American Football Conference All Star status. The Mirror notes late-arriving letter to Santa from a four year old boy James Houston Lowe.
The Uniform Monday Holidays law shifts Washington's Birthday Memorial Day Columbus Day and Veterans Day to the third Monday in February last Monday in May second Monday in October and fourth Monday in October. Enacted by 1968 and affecting federal employees nationwide with states optional, the plan promises three day weekends and reduced midweek shutdowns for workers and business.
Article notes 1969 Tax Reform Act effects on 1970 returns. Surtax elimination timing, 2.5 percent levy on all 1970 income, charitable deduction limit rising to 50 percent of AGI with limits on appreciated property. Art donation rules differ if recipient resells.
Officials from the East Texas Chamber of Commerce met with Governor Preston Smith Lt. Governor Ben Barnes and Speaker Gus Mutscher to present recommendations for addressing the state's upcoming biennium budgets focus on expenditures and revenue sources. C Quentin Abernathy opened the session and Joe Goldman outlined the committee's proposals with Alf Jernigan and Carl Cooper in attendance.
The Sixth Court of Civil Appeals at Texarkana will hear the Harrison County judge election contest on January 26 with 30 minutes allotted per side. The appeal challenges Judge John Furrh's October ruling naming James S. Collins winner over Jim Ammerman by 15 votes after a recount. The case also seeks costs of about $10,000. The Democratic Executive Committee had previously certified Ammerman by 16 votes. The dispute cites alleged voting irregularities in absentee ballots and several precincts city and county wide.
Kilgore College Rangerettes and Ranger Band headline the 22nd New Year’s Dallas Cotton Bowl appearance. Band marches 13th and Rangerettes 14th in the 9:30 a.m. parade with a national TV spot this year. Ranger Band dons new blue and white uniforms and performs a tambourine jazz routine to Son of a Preacher Man after the Governor’s car.
Gladewater High School voters select class favorites and show off parade plans and halftime routines. Freshmen sophomores name favorites, while band and Rangerette performances highlight Cotton Bowl festivities with Kilgore College groups and University and Notre Dame bands joining Irving.
East Texas roads saw rising Christmas Eve and Christmas Day wrecks. One death and eight injuries in East Texas, including Robert Hunt 54 of Tatum killed in a one car crash on SH 20 near Canton. Several other crashes across the state left multiple injured and a rising death toll.
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