Kilgore Rangerettes featured on CBS News
Kilgore College Rangerettes with Captain Sherry Daniel and Jenny Wallace will be shown on CBS Evening News at 5 30 p m Saturday January 3 The six minute segment covers behind the scenes prep for the Cotton Bowl halftime show narrated by Heywood Broun A CBS crew filmed in Kilgore then the Rangerettes 21st appearance in the Cotton Bowl Also notes on local illness travel and school reopening days and a humorous police fare in Cross Lake fishing.
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Kilgore College
Sherry Daniel
Jenny Wallace
Uladewaters
CBS
Kilgore
Heywood Dale Broun
Army Combat Officer to Address Lions Club
Major Dallas L. Cox, twice awarded the Silver Star and wounded four times in Vietnam, will speak to the Lions Club on Wednesday January 7. A former Special Forces team leader and battalion commander, he served two Vietnam tours, earning multiple decorations and joining the Army National Speakers Program to share frontline experiences with the public.
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Dallas L. Cox
Vietnam
Lions Club
Cox
Army
Sth
Lang Vei
United States
Fort Benning
Georgia
27Th Inf. Div
Saigon
Angels Wing
Mayr Cox
Southeast Asia
Hiwassee
William and Mary College
University of Maryland
American University
Maj
US Air Force
4Th Infantry Division
Fort Lewis
Wash
Defense Language Institute
Monterey
Calif
10Th Special Forces
Europe
Editors Select Top 10 Events of the 1960s
A collage of notable 1960s moments includes the Moon landing, Kennedy era politics, Hurricane Camille, the Kennedy assassination aftermath, the Mets World Series win, and notable trials such as Sirhan Sirhan and James Earl Ray sentences.
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Middle East
Bisenhower
Mets
Sirhan B. Sirhan
James Kari Ray
State Holiday Deaths Mount
The Texas Department of Public Safety estimated before the New Year holiday that 33 persons would die in traffic accidents. By Friday 16 had already been victims. The carnage was lower than at Christmas due to lighter traffic. The tally began 6 p.m. Wednesday New Year’s Eve and runs to Sunday midnight. Fifty four killed in highway crashes during Christmas.
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Texas Department of Public Safety
Man Imposter Trapped After Car Reverses Escape
Naples to Mt Pleasant chase ends when the fleeing car would not move forward. Officers fired during the pursuit after a reported stolen vehicle w as wrecked and the suspect fled on foot. The would be thief attempted to steal a Mr Pleasant car but a fixed transmission left it in reverse when shifted to first.
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Naples
Mt. Pleasant
Mr. Pleasant
Snow and Frost Hit City in New Year Chill
The city recorded its coldest start of the year with 20 degrees in pre-dawn hours Saturday. Frost covered the area after a light snow melt while flurries were seen in Longview Tyler and Henderson. A warming trend was forecast for the weekend.
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Texas
Longview
Tyler
Henderson
Robbins Leaves Arkansas Baseball For Staff Position With Thurmond
Wayne Robbins long time Arkansas coach and son in law of C F Wellborn resigns to join South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond's staff. He cites accepting a government post as the reason and says the Razorbacks should have a strong season before his departure. He joined Arkansas in 1965 after serving as dean of men at Bluefield College and previously played pro ball with the Orioles.
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Wayne Robbins
University of Arkansas
South Carolina
Strom Thurmond
Robbins
C. F. Wellborn
City
Faye Wellborn
Lyn Robbins
Baltimore Orioles
Arkansas
John Barnhill Robbins
College of Arts and Sciences
Bluefield College
Virginia
Senator Thurmond
Razorbacks
New Pallet Plant Opens in Gladewater
Gladewater welcomes Palwood Pallet Company which began limited production with three employees in a Pine Street facility formerly a casket factory. The firm plans about 1 000 pallets per month at $3 to $5 each and eventual employment for 10 to 12 workers with a $3 000 monthly payroll.
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Palwood Pallet
Jack Baggett
Palwood Pallet Company
Pine Street
Lawrence Howard
Jimmy Crews
Gladewater
Chamber of Commerce
Palwood
Gladewater Mirror
First Men on the Moon Is Top Story of 1969
AP member newspapers and stations crown the Apollo 11 moon landing the year’s biggest story. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped onto the lunar surface on July 20 as Michael Collins orbited, with millions watching the two-hour lunar surface activity and rock collection.
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First Men On the
Neil A. Armstrong
Eagle
Moon
Earth
Pacific Ocean
New York
Neil Alden Armstrong
Associated Press
Prisoner recaptured after prison break endangering guard’s wife
PALESTINE Texas 33 year old convict Neamiah Noble escaped from Corfield Unit and held prison guard’s wife hostage before recapture about an hour later. The fleeing inmate had been at the minimum security unit for about three years.
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Neamiah Noble
Corfield
Texas
Prayer for Today Emphasizes Love Over Pain
A devotional prayer asks for strength to love despite or beyond personal sacrifice. It cites 1 Corinthians 13:3 and seeks guidance through the Father and His Son, whose body was broken for love, ending with an Amen.
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Laura Sue
Beamont
Glenn Walton
the Mirror
Harriett Walton
Colorado
Community Hospital
Housier
Waltons
Solorado
Hisamily
Soulder
Denver
Fred Watkins
Municipal Hospital
Union Grove
Sean Sharrock
Cross Lake
Kennedy
Mes
U.S. Supreme
Nicole Lynn
Larry Gilliam
Gilmer
Nicole
Hart Clinic
Walter Hart
Wayne Blasingame
Burley Gilliam
U.S
New Glade Enterprise
Baggett
Carthage
Armstrong
Air Force
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Columbia
Michael Collins
Aldrin
Man
Charles Conrad Jr
Alan L. Bean
Navy
Conrad
Bean
Richard Gordon
Mineola
Andrew Lee Mitchell
Bonnie Burnett Ervin
Nebraska
Winnsboro
Winnsboro High School
Justice of the Peace
C. C. Cathey
Winnsboro City
Rock Ellis
District Court
Looney Lindsey
Palestine
Missouri- Pacific
Here
George Lowell
Austin Gordon Fulcher
Atlanta
Preston Smith
Water Pollution Control Advisory Board
Houston
Louis Welch Friday
R. G. le Tourneau
Alhambra
Dallas
H. Ross Perot
Moscow
North Vietnam
Perot
State Historical Survey Committee
Charles Devall
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