Regrets Over Vocational Agriculture Gaps in Gregg County
Gregg County youth miss a solid vocational agriculture program as schools cut Agr courses. Dan Gary urges early exposure through 4 H and community efforts. A Juror Livestock Association kicks off February 7, 1972 at Greggton Community Center with Dr Randall Grooms leading a livestock selection program for all interested youths.
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Gregg County
Dan Gary
Asseg County
PFA
Swme
Grege County
Mes
Greggton
Randall Grooms
Free Phone Service For Federal Job Information
The Civil Service Commission announces a toll free telephone service to assist the public with federal job information starting February 14 from any point in the North. The program aims to improve access to government employment resources and guidance.
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Civil Service Commission
North
Texas
Dallas
Othee Vere
Bo Robinson
Commission
North Texas
Amarillo
Lubbock
Wichita Falls
Texarkana
Abilene
Sherman
Waco
Tyler
Robinson
Build East Texas Program Elects Officers for 1972
More than 150 attendees at the Tenth Annual Build East Texas meeting in Nacogdoches elected S. P Beck Texarkana chairman for 1972. Officers include Tom Carothers Palestine vice president and Howard Mitchell Bryan secretary-treasurer. Dr John Hutkinson of Texas A&M and Dr Jack Williams urged action to boost East Texas agriculture through coordinated tasks and resource development.
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Nacogdoches
John E. Hutchnson
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
East Texas
Texas
Hutcison
Jack Wiliams
Texas A&m University
Four towns lose all residents in decade census
The U S Census Bureau notes Kenton Colorado Ridetta Iowa Lakeside Colorado and River Idaho each dropped to zero population in the last ten years as their last residents left The piece contrasts this with the financial cost of dropping out of high school and the higher lifetime earnings of graduates versus dropouts in a Wiggins Mississippi Enterprise column.
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The
Elks Magazine
United States
U.S. Census Bureau
Kenton
Colorado
Ridetta
Iowa
Lakeside
Idaho
Wiggins
Miss
Enterprise
Edison Birth and Lincoln Birthday Noted with Strauss Debut
The item records Thomas Edison born February 11 1847 and Abraham Lincoln born February 12 1809 noting their birthdays. It also reports Johann Strauss conducting The Blue Danube Waltz publicly for the first time in Vienna on February 13 1867.
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Thomas Alva Edison
Inventor
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Vienna
Johann Strauss
Representative John Allen Seeks Reelection in Gregg County
John Allen state representative of Gregg County announces candidacy for re election in District 13. He highlights committee chairmanships on Water and Interims on Oil and Gas Pollution Control and Manufacturing and Industry as well as a record of conservative budgeting and public service to East Texas.
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John Allen
Gregg County
Austin
East Texas
Cunningham
Texas
Cunningham High School
Paris Junior College
University of Texas
Saipan
KFRO
Jane
Longview High School
Fred J
Peggy
Kilgore Junior College
Barbara
Jerry Fry
Abilene
Melissa
Texas Industrial Commission
Overton
Sabine River
Toledo Bend
Robert Levers One Man Show At Kilgore College
Kilgore College hosts a solo exhibit of Robert Levers paintings from February 7 to March 3 in the Van Cliburn Auditorium. The Texas Fine Arts Association sponsors the show in conjunction with Levers who is an associate professor at the University of Texas. Levers will give a lecture on February 28 at 9 a.m. in the same venue with no admission charged.
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Kilgore College
Robert Levers
van Cliburn
Levers
Texas Fine Arts Association
University of Texas
Francis Witherspoon
Nixon signs bill capping presidential ad spending at 8.4 million
President Nixon signs a law limiting TV and radio campaign spending to 8.4 million with a formula based on 10 cells per potential voter or 50 000 whichever is larger. The act also caps personal contributions to 50 000 and restricts broadcast spending to six cents per ten dollars.
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Nixon
Poverty Party
Bank of the United States
Daniel Boone
Philadelphia
Irving’s
George McGovern
John Lindsay
Hubert H Humphrey
Edmund Muskie
Henry Jackson
George Wallace
White House
I recollect A M Wood of Gladewater in life and laughter
A long affectionate reminiscence for A M Wood of Gladewater recounts his deep local knowledge, generous humor, and a life dedicated to real estate, family ties, and community service as the author recalls their friendship and the house-selling episodes.
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Gladewater
A. M. Wood
Mr Wood
Mr. Wood
Texarkana
Louisiana
Sam
Ro M Wood
Services Tuesday For Mrs Freeman
Funeral services for Mrs Gladys Freeman 81 of Route 4 Longview were held Tuesday at 2 pm in Malcolm Stone Chapel with Rev Bill Voss and Rev B F Risinger officiating. Burial followed in Memorial Park Cemetery. Born December 24 1890 in Georgia she moved to Gladewater in 1930 and ran a grocery with her husband near White Oak. Survivors include son Ancell White Oak two daughters Vera Prater Gladewater Elva Medley Nacogdoches two sisters Lula Freeman Decatur Leola McDowell five grandchildren seven great grandchildren Pallbearers were Oland Hunter Bo Newsom Wiley Thomas Zeke Prater Jerry Ivy and Doug Ashe
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Gladys Freeman
Route 4
Longview
Malcolm Stone
Bill Voss
B. F. Risinger
Memorial Park Cemetery
Freeman
Gladewater
White Oak
First Baptist Church
Ancell
Vera Prater
Elva Medley
Nacogdoches
Lula Freeman
Decatur
Leola Mce- Dowell
Oland Hunter
Bo Newsom
Wiley Thomas
Zeke Prater
Jerry Ivy
Doug Ashe
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Walter Judge
Mineola
Bill Guidry
Nacogdoches Poultry
Eugene Weatherly
Nacogdoches Dairy
Shayne Baker
Goodrich
Corps
Louise Squyres
James Gregory
Centerville
Jake Caprielian
RB. Thomason
Huntsville
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Dwight Roden
Quitman
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Harold Connors
Daingerfield
Jack Dillard
Waskom
Adron Justiss
Omaha
Joe M. Winston
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BET
Reagan Brown
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Tom Martin
Avanta. Martin
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Dustin Hoffman
Motion Picture Herald
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Buffalo Speedway
American Express Space Bank
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Lassecurion
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Gladewater Publishing Company
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