Billy Williams Dies in Sleep at 22 in Corpus Christi
Billy Selby Williams 22 son of Mr and Mrs J A Williams Jr of Corpus Christi died in his sleep Monday after attending a Scout meeting He had recently completed Ray High School diploma and was to graduate next May His art work gained regional recognition with a one man exhibit at Lee Public Library He is survived by his parents and one brother Jim Williams memorials may be offered to the Presiding Bishop's Fund for Hunger or the Art Community Center building fund in Corpus Christi
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Billy Selby Williams
J A. Williams Jr
Corpus Christi
Church of the Good Shepherd
Episcopal
San Antonio
Jim
Austin Bally
Selby Williams
Lee Public Library
Shreveport
Gladewater
Texaco, Inc
Ray High School
Billy
Live Oak and
Maple
Williams
Presiding Bishop's Fund For
Second Ave
New York
N.Y
Art Community Center
Corpus Christ
National Plumbing
Dallas
Mrs. Morgan
Morgan
Opening prayer for insight and faith
A short allocution asking God to open eyes minds and hearts to behold and apprehend His law and mighty acts and to welcome His Son with wonder love and praise.
Postal rates to rise again increasing cost of first class mail
Postmaster General Bailor warns by year end first class postage could rise to 12 or 13 cents from 10. He cites substantial cost increases and a growing deficit while predicting talks with postal workers and possible temporary rate boosts. Air mail may be phased out as most mail travels by air.
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Assoc
Washington API
Benjamin F. Bailor
ABC
Postal Service
Postal Rate Commission
Commission
National Guard
Bailar
United States
Gladewater Native Named TBEA District Teacher of the Year
Maxine Barton Hart, Gladewater High School graduate and Baylor University business professor, is chosen as district teacher of the year by the Texas Business Education Association. She will vie for the state title next spring in Houston. Hart, wife of Clyde Hart, has taught at McLennan Community College and Baylor since 1971, with degrees from Baylor and the University of Arkansas and multiple teaching certificates. She chairs a Waco Development Commission ward overseeing a $24 million grant.
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Waco — A
Maxine Barton Hart
David A. Barton Sr
Gilmer Highway
Hankomer School of Business
Baylor University
Houston
Texas
Mrs. Hart
Gladewater High School
Arkansas
Waco
McLennan Community College
Hart
TBEA
American Business Communications Association
Texas Junior College Teachers Association
Case against bus driver dismissed
Charges filed against Union Grove school bus driver Johnny Blear were dismissed for lack of evidence by Justice of the Peace German Captain. The case stemmed from an alleged assault on a 14 year old girl, filed February 11 in Upshur County. Judge Costain dismissed the case February 19 after investigation failed to support the charge.
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Union Grove
Justice of the Peace German
Red
Johnny Blear
Upshur County
Norman Adams
West Mountain
Costain
Blear
Boston Opera Company Plans Four Premieres at Orpheum
The Opera Company of Boston stages four winter operas at the Orpheum Theatre starting Feb 5 7 and 9 with Verdi Falstaff featuring Donald Gramm. Cosi Fan Tutte runs Mar 18 21 and 23. Berlioz Benvenuto Cellini premieres May 3 6 and 9 with Jon Vickers in the title role. cast also includes John Reardon and Gramm.
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Boston
Opera Company of Boston
Orpheum Theater
Donald Gramm
Berlioz
Benvenuto Cellini
Jon Vickers
John Reardon
Gramm
Van Zandt launches his council post candidacy
Lonnie Van Zandt announces a bid for one of three April city council posts at a Tuesday meeting at the Negro Masonic Hall. He emphasizes black community representation, housing, streets, lighting, and youth recreation while detailing voter registration plans and campaign fundraising expectations.
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van Zandt
Lonnie van Zandt
Negro Masonic Hall
Old Weldon School
Jarvis Christian College
Hawkins
Gladewater
Public lectures at Ambassador College on science and society
The Department of Natural Sciences at Ambassador College announces a series of free public lectures on science technology and the social responsibility of scientists. The first speaker is Professor George W Crawford of Southern Methodist University with a talk on the population crisis and world food situation.
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Department of Natural Sciences
Ambassador College
George W. Crawford
Physics Department
Southern Methodist University
Dennis R. Dietz
Crawford
United Methodist Church
World Council of Churches
Population Institute
Honorary pallbearers omitted in H S McAfee obituary
In Loyd Funeral Home Gilmer reporting, obituary for H. S. McAfee omitted honorary pallbearer names Calvin Starnes Cleo Marlowe Tom Sawyer Gordon Mayer Morris Markham Tom Sawyer had been listed as a pallbearer originally. Ben A Freeman faced a $2910 electric bill in El Paso from the utility meter reader error causing overestimation.
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H. S. McAfee
Loyd Funeral Home
Gilmer
Calvin Starnes
Cleo Marlowe
Tom Sawyer
Gordon Mayer
Morris Markham
EL Paso
Ben A. Freeman
Freeman
el Paso Electric Co
The Total Woman review stuns readers and sparks debate
A Dallas Morning News review praises Marabel Morgan and her book The Total Woman as a practical guide for wives. The author highlights Morgan as a Florida homemaker who promotes adoring her husband and improving marriage, noting strong sales since 1973 and plans to teach others.
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Dallas Morning News
Southwest Scene
Florida
Marabel Morgan
Food stamps debate and domestic tales in Skokie columns
A columnist riffs on a judge's ruling allowing an expectant mother to receive food stamps for her unborn child and contemplates twins, costs, and policy. The piece then shifts to whimsical reflections on home life, recipes, cleaning, and a tongue in cheek note on Women’s Lib and Mrs. Morgan’s views before ending with travel trivia about toll roads in Kentucky from Rand McNally.
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Dallas
Royal Tokyo
Brennan
Skokie, Ill
Kentucky
Florida
Oklahoma
Gladewater Mirror Subscription Rates Listed
The Gladewater Mirror lists home delivery and by mail rates for Texas and out of state subscriptions. Rates include monthly and annual options with prices in effect at the time.
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Gladewater Publishing Company
Glade Avenue
Dean Street
Gladewater
Gregg County
Texas
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Gladeite Pets
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Kiwanis District 14
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Edward Lawrence
Tommy Willingham
Jim Hugman
John Beckworth
Berlioz Premiere
Jimmy Brown
Builders Supply CO
Sherwin-Williams
Ladewater’s
Brookshire
Gladewater Times-Tribune
White Oak Texan
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