Bicentennial pets and community notices lift dull day
Eye opener Ann Marlowe gave her brother a girl hamster named Betsy Ross this Christmas with Kitty Witty guarding her on an ironing board. Cread Dowell in Salt Lake City misses Gladewater and asks for a card. GHS Band Boosters meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m to plan the Twirling-Dance-Cheerleading contest. March of Dimes speaker Miss Marsha Duke talks birth defects at the Longview Chamber of Commerce building. Belated birthday to Mrs L A Baggett. Kiwanis Bicentennial board contest has nine entrants, $150 prize, register at Stan's Hardware. Anthropology notes Neanderthal speech evidence cited.
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Ann Marlowe
Chris
Betsy Ross
Betsy
Marlowe's
Kitty Witty
GHS
Marsha Duke
The
March of Dimes
Family Education Association
Chamber of Commerce
Longview
Miss Duke
Stan's Hardware
Dave
Prayer for Faith in God Through Science and Life
A prayer praising God’s love for the world and asking for faith to sense His living presence in life. It seeks recognition that science and technology reflect creation’s principles and closes in Jesus name.
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Jesus
Hopeful Bicentennial Year Voices From Three Women
A Mirror interview captures three women looking ahead to 1976 with optimism. Barbara Porter expects a grandchild and Ford to remain in office, Georgia Elliott forecasts better national and personal times with a new baby on the way, and Wanda Marlowe embraces the best while accepting whatever comes. The piece closes with a folk weather note from Wanda’s father about weather as a monthly guide and a nod to groundhog lore.
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Mirror
Beclouding of small hospitals eyed by NETHSA by-laws
Milton Bolgiano Gladewater Municipal Hospital administrator says the Northeast Texas Health Systems by-laws threaten the future of small community hospitals. He warns the Health Systems Agency plans could allow the executive committee to effectively control local hospitals.
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Gladewater Municipal Hospital
Milton Bolgiano
Northeast Texas Health
Texas Health Facilities Commission
Commission
Belgiano
Municipal Hospital Board of Directors
Nethsa, Inc
Dolph Briscoe
Peyton McKnight
Tyler
Jimmy Mankins
Buck Florence
Floyd Norman
Dallas
U.S. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare
Nethsa
Energy crunch unchanged as Texas tourism grows
Texas tourism gains momentum despite national energy concerns with fall visitors driving long distances, Dallas remains top destination, and out of state travelers average over six days in state with bookings rising 18 percent. Texas Employment Commission reports 400,000+ job placements and $15.6 billion in taxable wages for employers.
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Texas Employment Commission
Texas Unemployment Compensation Fund
Commission
TEC
Texas
Texas Labor Force
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Texas Tourist Bureaus
Travel and Information Division
Tom H. Taylor
Dallas
Rita
Houston
el Paso
San Antonio
Mankins seeks second term as Texas state representative
Kilgore businessman Jimmy Mankins announced he will file for re election to Gregg County District 13. He has served one term since being elected in November 1974 and sat on the House Energy Resources and Transportation committees during the 64th Legislature, presiding over sub committees in Transportation. He leads Eagle Trucking Company.
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Kilgore
Jimmy Mankins
Gregg County
Mankins
House
Energy Resources
Committee On
Burglary gang nabbed in Whites Auto Store sting
Gladewater police arrested four would-be burglars in a New Year stake-out at Whites Auto Store on Main Street. One caught in the act, another nearby, two hidden in nearby apartments. A driver fled but was captured. Officers recovered weapons and set bonds at 7500 dollars each. The arrests linked to three house burglaries and a commercial break-in.
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Gladewater
Whites Auto Store
S. Main Street
Bill Brown
Brown
Lawrence Webb
EF. Miller Street
Charles D Young
Dallas
Donald Henson
S. White Street
William King
Henson
King
E. Miller Street
Jack Finley
Gregg County
Pair arrested for marijuana possession in city raid
City police with search and arrest warrants arrested Louise Daniels 34 of 612 S White Street and Roger Crump 27 of Gilmer after a Jan 5 raid uncovered five bags of marijuana. Det Set Bill Brown said they were arraigned before City Judge Jack Finley and each bond set at 1500. They were later released on bond.
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Det Set
Bill Brown
Louise Daniels
S. White Street
Roger Crump
Gilmer
Sgt. Brown
Richard Morris
Directory assistance number changes in Gladewater Friday
Gladewater residents must dial 1 411 for local directory assistance while 214 area records move to Dallas. Don Bishop explains callers should state the city they seek and the name of the person when requesting numbers.
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Gladewater
Don Bishop
General Telephone
214
Dallas
Bishop
A I Wilcoxen Dies at 76 in Gladewater
Arthur John Wilcoxen 76 of Martin Street died Friday night after a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held Saturday at Malcolm Stone Funeral Chapel. Graveside rites set for Sunday in Wharton. Survived by widow Ivy two sons Donald and Norman a daughter Ruth Nell two brothers a sister and five grandchildren.
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Arthur John Wilcoxen
Martin Street
Malcolm Stone
B. F. Risinger
Wharton
Texas
Wilcoxen
Gladewater
Superior Oil Co
The
Baptist Church
C. F. Wellborn
First Boplist Church
Ivy
Donald M. Wilcoxen
Ironton
Norman A. Wilcoxen
Austin
Ruth Nell Wilks
City T
Orton Wilcoxen
el Campo
A. D. Wilcoxen
San Juan
Cailif
Goldie Benner
Nina Larker
Mildred Barnhart
Roswell
New Mexi
Driving course to be offered in Gladewater
The City of Gladewater will sponsor two eight hour National Safety Council Defensive Driving Courses. Instructor Marshall J Smith will lead the city employees course January 7 8 9 and 12 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the city courtroom. The public course runs January 13 14 15 and 16 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Limited to 60 registrants the course costs 2 dollars for workbook materials with a ten percent auto insurance discount for three years after completion.
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Gladewater
Marshall J Smith
Tyler
Smith
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Elaine Ave
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Georgia Elliott
Georgia
Barbara Porter
Ford
Wanda Marlowe
Wanda
C. H. Arnold
Arnold
Rio Grande Valley
Southport
Yale University School of Medicine
Committee For
Bell Helicopter Co
Fort Worth
NASA
US Army Air Mobility Research and Development Laboratory
Glade Police
Anb 4
Jimmy Brown
Jimmy Davis
Bill Wells
Alvin Parker
David Towery
Robert Keller
D. D. Boshear
A. I. Wilcoxen
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Elroy
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