Council Sets April 1 Election and Bond Plans
The city council approved an April 1 election for four two year term seats with absentee voting starting March 1. They also authorized selling 325000 of 600000 revenue bonds for sewer upgrades and discussed traffic study, unpaid ambulance bills around 40400, and city budget steps including air conditioning for City Hall.
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Langford
City Hall
Eleanor and
Center Streets
Gregg County Com
Major surgery for 87 year old Laura Shafer at City Hospital
Mrs Laura Shafer underwent major surgery Tuesday morning after a fall at home left her with a broken leg. She is 87 and friends wish her a speedy recovery. A GHS Choir Parents meeting is planned for Monday evening February 10 at 7 30 in the Fine Arts Building. Camp Fire Girls and dads are reminded of the annual Dad Daughter banquet at 7 pm Friday at the Community Building.
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Laura Shafer
City Hospital
GHS
Fine Arts
Award Winning Stage Band To Present Concert
The GHS stage band, winner of a first division at Stephen F. Austin Stage Band Festival in Nacogdoches, presents a 7:30 p.m. concert in the high school auditorium. No admission. The 12-number program includes modern works and four contest pieces slated for Brownwood on Feb 14-15.
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Texas & Pacific Railroad Company
Mobile
State Railroad Commission
Gladewater
Greggton
Martin
Austin
Longview
GHS
Stephen F. Austin
State College
Nacogdoches
Bob Siebert
Don French
Neal Hefti
Gene Rowland
Dan Haerle
Larry Mahoberac
Brownwood
Texas
Harlem Globetrotters
Washington Generals
Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
Shreveport
Globetrotters
Hunt Elected To LSS Board
Sherman M. Hunt was elected to the board of directors of Lone Star Steel Company. Hunt, president of Empire Drilling Company and partner in Headwaters Oil, has Marine service in World War II and is a Tyler High School and Northwestern University graduate. The Dallas based firm supplies the petroleum industry.
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Sherman M. Hunt
Lone Star Steel Company
George A. Wilson
East Texas
Lone Star
Hunt
Empire Drilling Company
Headwaters Oil Company
Mr. Hunt
Tyler High School
Northwestern University
Corps of Engineers
SWEPCO Honors East Texas Safety Record for 1968
SWEPCO East Texas division workers earned a perfect 1968 safety record with 870 000 man hours without a lost time injury. Dinners in Marshall and Longview will honor about 285 workers, with president H W Pirkey Jr praising the low accident rate and industry standing.
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East Texas
Southwestern Electric Power Company
Marshall
Longview
Swepco
W. J. Ledberry
H. W. Pirkey, Jr
Arkansas
Louisiana
Prayer for remembrance and dedication to God
A devotional prayer recalling God’s guidance in the past and asking for strength to consecrate the remaining days of life to God. The speaker seeks continued grace and remembrance of divine goodness.
New Bank Sought for Longview Faces Banking Protest
Texas Banking Commission heard testimony from a group seeking a Longview bank and three protesting banks. State Senator Jack Strong claimed Longview ranks high in industrial growth and retail sales, urging a bank near a shopping center to boost services. Protesting bankers argued growth since 1965 is modest and rejected a 1965 bank in the area. commission to decide later.
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Texas Banking Commission
Longview
Jack Strong
Suburban American Bank
Houston
Dallas-Fort Worth
Strong
Commission
Mrs. Bogue Off Critical List At Longview Hospital
Mrs. Bogue former Rita Parsons has been taken off the critical list at a Longview hospital after a Greggton car truck collision Saturday. She suffered a broken right leg cuts over much of her body and eye injury. surgery removed her spleen and repaired her liver. several blood transfusions given. Mr Bogue received a severe forehead cut and rib and leg injuries and has been discharged.
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Bob Bogue
Longview
Greggton
Texas tax bill targets beer and soft drinks for highway cleanup
The Texas Legislature opens with Rep. John Hannah proposing a one cent per can or bottle levy on beer and soft drinks sold. Collected at wholesale, the tax would fund debris removal on highways, aiming to beautify Texas roads and curb litter.
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Austin
Texas
John Hannah
Bufkin
Highway Department
Hannah
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Pete) McKain
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Bill Langford
Foshee
Ernest Martin
Bill Owens
Greggton Railroad
Quentin Abernathy
Devel
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U.S. Highway 271
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Don Cartwright
Leonard Jones
Steve Davidson
Ben Fowzer
In Love
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David Mecey
LSS
East Texas Area Council
Boy Scouts of America
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White Oak
MOD Squad
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Chuck
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Bill Gary
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