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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1971
Page
2
Bill Walkins of the ESCO Corporation urges plain talk on economics. He notes money is not the essence of life and contrasts everyday spending with deeper truths about wages prices taxes and how people exchange goods. He uses the alphabet metaphor to teach basics.
Ruth Freeman Solomon, a best selling author who began writing after becoming a grandmother, discusses her life small steps to literary success. Her books The Candlesticks and the Cross and The Eagle and the Dove draw on Jewish and Slavic life in czarist Russia and her own Kiev origins. She moved to the United States at age four and was urged by a publishing friend to write.
Washington reports show Thurmond's South Carolina Senate seat is not a guaranteed GOP hold as fundraising appeals reveal concern over his weakened base. Analysts cite Nixon ties and rising black voter share as key factors, while no strong Democratic challenger has emerged. The piece also notes cautious Republican patience and long term shifts in southern politics.
A July first tax package raises general sales tax to four percent, adds cigarette and liquor taxes, and boosts car and corporate taxes. Homeowners insurance surcharges rise up to 25 percent in several regions, with varied increases across the coast and central areas. The State Insurance Board also considers a 2.8 percent auto rate rise effective September 1.
Narrator recalls a Texas Fourth celebrated on the fifth at Lake Gladewater with family meals, fireworks, and a bend obstructing view. The piece notes hot summer, cheap watermelons, old vandalism stories, a teenager hunting for misplaced firecrackers, and reflections on downtown life and busy postholiday routines.
A roundup of amusing editor letters from Daily Express and Daily Mirror shows deadpan humor on everything from weddings to fawns. Readers mock mishaps, pets, and weather with quips about socks, cats, and even lifelike fawn collars.
In Sydney Australia judges may sentence first offenders to weekend prison terms enabling them to remain at home during the week and maintain work. This policy aims to reduce reoffending by allowing continued employment and family stability while serving sentence.
Walter C. White, retired after 29 years as federal mediation commissioner in Dallas, says strikes are an antiquated tool whose day is past. He notes mediation should be used more by industry and labor, recalling long stints negotiating contracts including an 18 month dispute and a 36 hour stretch at times.
The Gladewater Mirror lists Mrs. Harry Kates as General Manager and Advertising Director and Pradalene Clark as Women's Editor with Harold Walton among staff. The paper publishes Thursdays and Sundays from Gladewater Texas and lists subscription rates by mail and local delivery. Consolidation with nearby papers occurred on specific dates.
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