White Oak residents to obtain 1969 license plates
Gregg County Tax Assessor-Collector Bill Harper said White Oak residents can obtain their 1969 license plates from the White Oak city secretary, Mrs. Spruell. The column then notes local events including Nancy Nunnally as a Jazz Fest performer with ETSU Blue Notes in Mobile Alabama, and honors and obituaries within the community.
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Gregg County
Bill Harper
White Oak
Spruell
Nancy Nunnally
E.T.S.U
Blue Notes
Mobile
Alabama
Erbie Green
Fat Jones
Count Basie
Charles Herring
Miss Nunnally
ETSU
AGHS
Kilgore College
Rangerettes
Veteran Marine NCO Tallent earns Silver Star for Vietnam service
Marine Gunner Gunnery Sergeant Roy A. Tallent, son of Mrs Edna Tallent, is on leave before reporting to Camp Pendleton for instructor duty. With 25 years in Navy and Marine service and three wars, Tallent earned the Silver Star and Bronze Star in Vietnam, plus two Purple Hearts and the Cross of Gallantry. He fought in Korea and Vietnam and later spoke on Khe Sanh and related battles with a professional, detached air. He is described as strictly Semper Fidelis, a true Marine’s Marine.
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Vietnam
Roy A. Tallent
Edna Tallent
Vesta Drive
Camp Pendleton
California
Tallent
Navy
Kilgore College
Marine Corps
Sgt. Tallent
12Th Marines
First Marine Division
Gladewater High School
Pacific
Navy Service
Set
Khe Sanh
Chu Lai
Con Thien
Gio Lian
Ca Lu
Camp Carroll
Rockpile
Khe Sahn
13Th Marines
NVA
Viet Cong
Cong
Jaycees to Sponsor Miss Gladewater Pageant
Gladewater Jaycees President Don Audas said the local chapter will sponsor the Miss Gladewater pageant for the 10th year. The event is set for June with time and place to be announced, and the winner may advance to Miss Texas and possibly Miss America. A planning committee is forming and community attendance is urged.
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Gladewater Jaycees
Don Audas
Jaycees
Audas
General Telephone Names Hale Plant Foreman
Hale named plant foreman at Gladewater by W F Morris Jr division manager of General Telephone Company of the Southwest. Hale began as a plant trainee in 1965 in San Angelo and advanced to foreman in Sulphur Springs by 1966. He is a Navy veteran, Brownwood High School graduate, 1936, and Howard Payne College alumnus, 1965. He will move to Gladewater soon.
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U.S. Navy
Howard Payne College
Gladewater
Workshop Set For Bus Drivers
An area workshop for school bus drivers will be held Friday in Kilgore High School auditorium by Region VII Education Service Center and Kilgore Public Schools with the Texas Education Agency and the Texas Department of Public Safety. Registration begins at 7 a.m. and the opening session at 9.
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Kilgore High School
Region VII Education Service Center
Kilgore Public Schools
Texas Education Agency
Texas Department of Public Safety
PTA Founders Day Tea in Gladewater High School
The Gladewater City Council PTA invites the public to a Founders Day Tea on Thursday from 2 to 4 pm in the Gladewater High School Home Economics Department. The event honors the founders of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, with freewill gifts supporting national and local PTA services and leadership training.
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Gladewater
National Congress
State Congress
PTA
Gladewater Pta
Roy Pynes
Joe Smith
Tyler School Board Plan Found Unacceptable by HEW
Tyler School Board failed to provide an acceptable desegregation plan by the HEW deadline. The district relies on federal funds for about seven percent of its budget, but HEW rejection could trigger Justice Department action. The board had favored freedom of choice, yet critics insist on a unitary system with no separate white or Negro schools.
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Tyler
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Department of Justice
Ed Irons
Carl Flaxman
Dallas
Office of Civil Rights
US Supreme Court
Flaxman
Tyler Board
Prayer for Today and Healing Blessings
A devotional note cites I John 1 9 RSV and offers a prayer asking confession bring forgiveness and purification. It asks God to purify minds and hearts of infection and prevent cynicism or doubt from hindering healing love, ending with an amen.
Thomas to Attend Houston UG Meet
George Thomas of United Gas will travel to Houston on February 1 to attend a special operating meeting for managers and key personnel at United's Rice Hotel. The session aims to boost efficiency and maintain service standards amid inflation. James A. Wilson, president of United Gas Distribution, will give the highlight address.
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George Thomas
United Gas
Houston
United
Rice Hotel
Thomas
James A. Wilson
United Gas Distribution Company
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Camp Fire
Paul Bennett
Connie
Charles Hopson
E. E
Red
Copeland
Charles McKenzie
Barbara Cannon
Miss Cannon
J. B. Cannon
Cannon
East Texas State University
GHS
Deborah Cannon
Rusk State Hospital
Donald Ricks
Ricks
John Adams
John
Howell, Bown and Stone
Longview
Mike Holladay
Rosemary McChesney
Holladay
Ft. Sill
Okla
Rosemary
Germany
Charles McChesney
Oklahoma Camp
C. O
Bud) Weiser
Weiser Tire and Appliance
Medical Center
A. B. Nelson
Nelson Motor Company
Nelson
Good Shepherd Hospital
Jimmy Merritt
Boy Scouts of
East Pacific Street
Shawn
Louie Pope
Jim Hugman
Bud Richardson
Edward Lawrence
David Fincher
Donnie Wilson
Scott Halley
Marvin Longhofer
Jiminy Brewer
Roy A, Tallent
General
Hale
PTA Founders
Tyler School Board
UG Meet
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