Eyes State Senate Race Lady Mayor Combines Home Career Politics
Longview will see Lois Killingsworth Jackson, the city’s first woman commissioner, urged by civic work and public parks reforms to run for state Senate from District 2. She would be one of three Texas women mayors in cities over 5,000, as incumbent Lindley Beckworth plans retirement and candidates Gayle Ingram and Peyton McKnight enter the race.
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Longview
Lois Killingsworth Jackson
Texas
Jackson
Texas Municipal League
Sue Youngblood
Corsicana
Dorothy McBride
Alpine
City Commission
State Senate
Lindley Beckworth
Gayle Ingram
Quitman
Tyler
Peyton McKnight
Lindsay enters race for Democratic presidential nomination
New York Mayor John V. Lindsay announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination and said he would win. In Florida he declared he would state his case bluntly as he seeks voters. Sixteen antiwar veterans ended a blockade at Liberty Island after a federal order and a judge barred further occupation of the Statue of Liberty.
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Miami
New York
John V. Lindsay
New Yorker
Florida
State of Liberty
National Monument
Liberty Island
Lawrence A. Pierce
Vietnam
Six Lives Lost In Three Car Collision East Of Gilmer
A three car crash Sunday night near Gilmer killed four people and seriously injured two children. Victims include Gary Norman Hill 20 Ore City. William G. Toombs 23 Hazleton. Ronnie Childress 19 Marshall. Mrs Walter Reeves 57 Big Spring and two granddaughters Tammie Ender 8 and Tana Ender 10 Marshall. A Patrol report notes Hill’s car hit a rear vehicle, then struck Mrs Reeves’s car.
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Gilmer
Gary Norman Hill
Ore City
Kilgore College
William G. Toombs
Hazleton
Ronnie Childress
Marshall
Walter Rutledge Reeves
Big Spring
Reeves
Tammie Laurie Ender
Tana Lynn Ender
Gene White
Hill
Dora Crow Tucker
John Claiborne Dies in Kilgore Funeral Set
John A Claiborne a Gladewater resident for 41 years died in a Kilgore nursing home Tuesday after a lengthy illness. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Rader Funeral Home Chapel Kilgore with burial at Gladewater Memorial Park. He was a retired motel operator and member of Gladewater First United Methodist Church. Surviving are Lavada his wife one daughter Lyn Cofer of Dallas three sisters and two grandsons.
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John A Claiborne
Gladewater
Kilgore
Rader Funeral Home
Conrad Winborn
Gladewater First United Methodist Church
Gladewater Memorial Park
Rader
Claiborne
Methodist Church
Burkburnett
Lavada
Lyn Cofer
Dallas
Meda Tillman
Texas City
Emma Shoemaker
Mount Belview
Texas
Marvin Tillman
Jacksonville
Gladewater Pioneer Mrs A J Money Dies At 87
Mrs Mary Clisse Money 87 died Sunday in a Gladewater hospital after a long illness. A pioneer resident since 1905 she lived 66 years in Gladewater. Funeral at 10 am Monday Malcolm Stone Funeral Home chapel with Rev B F Risinger officiating. Burial at Rosedale Cemetery. Survivors include daughter Mrs J A Phillips two sons Bert Alvin Herbert, two sisters, 15 grandchildren 38 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Pallbearers named George Mitchell Lynn Judd Tom Edwards James Allen Billy Smith Jack Brooks.
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A. J.) Money
Gladewater
Malcolm Stone
B. F. Risinger
First Baptist Church
Rosedale Cemetery
Stone
Money
Harrison County
The
Baptist Church
J. A. Phillips
Bert
Alvin
Herbert Money
Joe Allen
Marshall
Florence Speiglour
Longview
George Mitchell
Lynn
Kilgore Celebrates Centennial with Munn Banquet
Kilgore kicks off its Centennial Year in 1972 with the Chamber of Commerce annual banquet on January 14 at the Community Inn. Speaker Melvin T. Munn, renowned broadcaster, will address the gathering after a career of public talks and involvement in radio. He has traveled 200000 miles and given up to 900 speeches yearly and creates Life Line Freedom Talks broadcast on 300 plus stations.
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Kilgore
Chamber of Commerce
Community Inn
Melvin T. Munn
Munn
Life Line
First Methodist Church
Longview
Krld Radio and TV
Dallas
Texas lawmaker praises state stability and education quality
State Representative John Allen of Longview told the Gladewater Kiwanis Club Texas is in good hands amid the stock scandal. He highlighted a balanced budget, no personal or corporate income tax, and no tax on food or medicines, plus strong educational funding and teacher salaries in Gregg County. He criticized Mauzy and McKool as liberals and warned of redistricting challenges while urging state action on private school funding and no fault insurance.
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John Allen
Longview
Gladewater Kiwanis Club
Allen
Texas
Gregg County
Mauzy and
McKool
Longview to Host Security Seminar
Art Sweeney announces Longview selected for an Industrial College of the Armed Forces National Security Seminar. The ten day school runs January 15 to 26, 1973, with about 700 attendees and a steering committee to be named in 1972. Longview is one of seven U S cities hosting seminars in 1972 73.
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Art Sweeney
Longview Chamber of Commerce
Longview
Armed Forces
Industrial College of the Armed Forces
Department of Defense
J. W. Smith
USN
Longview Chamber
United States
Tenday School
Opal Atchley Visits Denver During Holiday Week
Mrs. Opal Atchley travels to Denver to visit daughter Mrs. Bobby May and family returning home by weekend. Gladewater Lodge 852 AF and AM set a stated meeting for January 3. Rotary District 581 conference in Longview is planned for March 23 to 25 with Gladewater Rotary on housing committee. Sixteen more local notices noted library gifts, juror summons, and church planning session.
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Opal Atchley
Denver
Colorado
Bobby May
Gladewater Lodge
Af&am
Gladewater Rotary Club
Gregg County
Longview
Charley Walker
Gladewater Club
Gladewater Bears Open District Basketball at Kilgore
Gladewater High School Bears begin district basketball on Thursday at Kilgore with two games scheduled for 6:00 PM and 7:30 PM. The event marks the start of their district schedule and sets the tone for the season.
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Gladewater
Prayer For Today Strength Through God
A devotional prayer asks God for continued trust through changing times. It thanks God for blessings of the past year and seeks forgiveness for forgetfulness, asking that others see divine strength in believers through Jesus Christ. Amen.
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Jesus Christ
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