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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1969
Page
2
A Kilgore News Herald report cites a Gallup poll showing 84 out of 100 adults support laws requiring breath or blood tests for drivers suspected of drinking. Forty four percent favor jail for those who drink more than one drink, noting Sweden and Britain as examples.
Small schools opposed the Governor's Committee on Public School Education reorganization proposal in a response reprinted from The Outlook. They reject consolidation and voiced their stance against the plan.
East Texas State University plans to offer a new undergraduate computer science major through the Mathematics Department starting spring 1969 with a nine course program. The curriculum supports a bachelor degree with options for first or second majors and emphasizes mathematics sciences humanities or management. A Computer Center will occupy 10 000 square feet in the new Science Building and future Business Administration Building.
Rebecca Tarshis describes Pravda as dull and advertising free, lacking comics or consumer guidance, serving solely the party line. The Portland Oregonian piece notes Pravda’s purpose to promote communism, its government printing, and profits funneled to the party, reflecting a noncompetitive, state controlled press.
Kentucky representative M Gene Snyder argues government competes with private business, noting taxes fund subsidies while government incurs costs without profit. He says subsidies raise costs and push small businesses out with tax money.
Rain leaked through a torn canvas covering 20 tons of quicklime on a freight train car in Kirchdorf. The heat built by the damp load ignited the wooden boards, starting a fire that jeopardized the car.
Paul Harvey criticizes welfare growth during prosperity and warns of a rising relief caseload. He cites Stanford's Freeman on three options including a guaranteed annual income and a family allowance, outlining costs and potential effects on work incentives and stigma.
The piece warns New York City’s crowding and unplanned growth threaten its life with rising crime welfare costs and tax burden. It cites Rockefeller Lindsay governance and echoes Nixon era calls for private job creation and welfare reform. It contrasts Detroit and GM programs with calls to reduce dependence on relief.
The 57 county Diocese of Texas will hold its Diocesan Council January 30 to February 1 in Houston. The Rice Hotel serves as headquarters with two business sessions at the hotel and an Opening Service at St Luke's Methodist Church. Delegates will vote on the budget and canon changes and elect representatives to Provincial Synod and the General Convention.
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