Affluent Society or Opulent Nation Across U.S. Families
Kilgore News Herald notes economist John Kenneth Galbraith and Jack Rosenthal describe the shift from affluence to an opulent society despite inflation. While many households gain cars TVs and appliances, poverty persists for about 10 percent of families, with marked income and asset gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kenneth Galbraith
America
Jack Rosenthal
New York Times
Census Bureau
Rosenthal
Kilgore News Herald
Prisoner distress in North Vietnam and White House diplomacy
U S prisoners in North Vietnam are severely malnourished with swollen ankles and burning feet. Half have intestinal worms and a quarter cannot walk unaided. Many live in dimly lit cells, eat two inadequate meals daily, and endure slow responses. Meanwhile the White House signals renewed effort to improve ties with Congress through informal gatherings and weekly dinners hosted by Clark MacGregor to ease official relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
North Vietnam
U.S
Army
J. R. Cataldo
Son Tay
Cataldo
White House
Congressional Relations
Congress
Clark MacGregor
Museum Launches New Art Education Program With Panels
The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The MacMillan Company unveil a classroom art program using ten display panels and 40 color slides. Rembrandt and other themes are featured with teacher guides linking to humanities social studies and science courses. Walter Hoving Jr. notes low effort and broad applicability for school districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Museum of Art
MacMillan Commpany
Walter Hoving Jr
Abraham
Isaac
Rebecca
Texas Legislature Begins Work After Organizational Start
Texas 62nd Legislature moves into serious business after Gov. Preston Smith's priority plan. Lt. Gov. Barnes names Senate committee roster as hearings on the budget begin. A $7.5 billion biennial budget draft calls for $576.4 million in new revenue, lawmakers wary of tax details. Welfare funding faces potential shortfalls. emergency aid of $34.9 million sought to preserve AFDC and Medicaid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Texas
Preston Smith
Ben Barnes
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Legislative Budget Board
Gus Mutscher
Jack Hightower
Vernon
Mome
Texas Air Control Board
Parks and Wildlife Department
Barnes
Sunday Reflections on Faith and Family in a Quiet Yard
A diarist notes Sunday rituals from yard work to church routines. She reflects on pollution and waste around her home, the joy of a quieter Sunday, and the pull of morning worship versus later services, stressing personal faith and regular church attendance as core.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ron
Helen Tolbert
Vesta Drive
H. J
Mrs Abercrombie Dies in Kilgore
Mrs John Abercrombie a Kilgore resident since the 1930s died Tuesday at 7 am in Roy H Laird Memorial Hospital after a short illness Funeral services are pending arrival of her daughter Miss Ellabeth Abercrombie of Abijan Ivory Coast West Africa Arrangements are with Rader Funeral Home burial in Kilgore cemetery She was predeceased by her husband who died December 1967 Survived by two sons John Jr and Glenn of San Antonio two daughters Mrs Al Friend San Antonio and Mrs Leon Burcalow Thibodaux La a sister Mrs Mary Trimbie Greenville 13 grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Abercrombie
Kilgore
Riley Abercrombie
City
Roy H Laird
Abercrombie
Ellabeth Abercrombie
Abijan
Ivory Coast
West Africa
Rader Funeral Home
John, Jr
Glenn
San Antonio
al Friend
Leon
Burcalow
Thibodaux
Mary Trimbie
Greenville
Parks Project Gets Approval for Elgin Memorial Park
The Bureau of Outdoor Recreation approved a $9,300 federal grant for Elgin Memorial Park development in Elgin. Pearce Johnson said local funds will match to $12,000 total, adding three lighted tennis courts and a parking lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Elgin Memorial Park
Elgin
Pearce Johnson
Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission
Great Generation Gap and Hippie Fashion Clash
Jimmy Brown argues the generation gap extends beyond hair length to clothes and style. He notes hippie attire centers on a standard uniform of filthy blue jeans torn shirts and worn sweat or undershirts.
Kilgore College nurses cap second class in ceremony
Twenty five student nurses were capped Sunday at 2:00 p.m. in Kilgore College Van Cliburn Auditorium. The event followed the established nursing school pattern with speeches by James Elrod Willis Knighton Memorial Hospital administrator and other faculty. A reception followed in the Administration Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilgore College
van Cliburn
Robert W. Carmack
Rudolph Tatsch
Behavioral Science
Theresa Berry
Gladewater
Cynthia Beggerly
Marjorie Margaret Thompson
Henderson
Carolyn Bentley
Ruby Stone
Bernice Wilks
Marshall
Barbara Bowen
Daingerfield
Janice Chastain
May Gulley
Kilgore
Betty Crumpton
Brownsboro
Pauline Dyer
Jacqueline Jones
Diana Lyons
Linda Mayfield
Barbara Pruitt
Larry Whitten
Deborah Wilbur
Longview
Vicky Pool
Blanche Lusk
Tyler
Sharon Ray
Ore City
Kathy Teague
Waskom
Margaret Vasko
Debra Webster
Laneville
Patty Woford
Overton
February Draft Call In Texas Up 280 From January
The February draft call for Texas is 1185 men, an increase of 280 over January. Selective Service Director Col. Melvin Glantz says inductees will come from the extended priority selection group and the first priority selection group for 1971, with the first priority group consisting of registrants born in 1951 classified as 1-A 1-A-O or 1-0.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Selective Service
Melvin Glantz
Newspaper staff roster listing key editors and publishers
The item lists Harry Kates 1897 1964 as publisher and notes roles for Mrs Harry Kates as general manager and advertising director. Also named are News Editor, Women’s Editor, Jack Elrod Fredalene Clark and Harriett Walton among staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Elrod
Fredalene Clark
Harriett Walton
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Sawashington
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Administration
Chamber of Commerce
Welfare Department
AFDC
Parks Project
By Ace Reid
HY Son
Jimmy Brown
Rebecca Lonf
Kilgore College Nursing Department
Karen Kay
Florence Nightingale
Department of International Raunchy Things
DIRT
Che Gladewater
Harry Kates
Mrs
Glade Avenue
Dean Street
Gregg County
Gladewater Times-Tribune
White Oak Texan
Abor
270 Press Association
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