Texans Visit Russia Echoes of Awe and Fear
A Sulphur Springs couple Mr. and Mrs. R L Clapp and daughter Miss Marjorie Clapp toured eastern and central Europe including Moscow Lenin grad East Berlin Prague Budapest and Vienna They found Russian hospitality pleasing yet the visit left them uneasy about strict controls and propaganda They noted West Berlin prosperity and growing resentment toward Russian dominance in Prague and Budapest and remarked on Red Square as a tremendous sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Clapp
Europe
Marjorie Clapp
San Antonio
Moscow
Leningrad
Russia
Lenin
Finland
Clapp
Clapps
East Berlin
Red Square
Mrs. Walters Dies Thursday in Starrville
Mrs. F. E. Dollie Walters, 69, of Starrville, died Thursday at 8 45 p.m. at Gladewater Hospital after a brief illness. Services were held Saturday at 4 p.m. at Burks Walker Tippett Funeral Chapel in Tyler with Rev. Frank Boutwell and George Steele. Burial followed in Starrville. A sister Miss Lucy Nichols of Starrville and two grandsons survived. The obituary notes the Clapps toured Russia, describing Leningrad and the Kremlin, praising hospitality and education, while noting high food costs and low wages in Communist countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E
Dollie) Walters
Starrville
Gladewater
Hognose Snakes Put On Fine Act
A Texas Parks and Wildlife piece extols the hognose snake as a bluffing yet harmless reptile. It describes its hood, hissing, feigning death, diet of toads and small animals, and nesting habits, noting it is nonvenomous and beneficial for rodent control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Services Friday for Mrs Gladys Pope
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Croley Funeral Chapel in Gilmer for Mrs Gladys Pearl Pope, a resident of Route 1 Big Sandy. The Rev. Julian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Croley
Gilmer
Gladys Pearl Pope
Route 1
Big Sandy
Julian
Rites Held for Mrs. Sally Brown in White Oak
Mrs. Sally E Brown 80 of 707 Sun Camp Road White Oak died in Gladewater hospital Tuesday. Rev Bill Voss officiated at White Oak Missionary Baptist Church with burial in White Oak Cemetery. Survived by husband B M Brown son Oscar C Brown two daughters Naomi Lee Thornton Lena Rebecca Dunaway 13 grandchildren two brothers two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Oak Missionary Baptist Church
Sally E. Brown
Sun Camp Road
White Oak
Gladewater Hospital
Bill Voss
Brown
W.O. Missionary Baptist Church
B. M. Brown
Oscar C. Brown
Naomi Lee Thornton
Lena Rebecca Dunaway
Ventura
Calif
A. R. Templeton
Mangum
Avil Templeton
Baskin
Mary Smith
Midland
Willie Lee Wedgeworth
Osaka Expo 70 hosts home visit program for foreign guests
Osaka Prefecture and Osaka City launch a Home Visit Program with the metropolitan area for Expo 70. The after dinner call invites local families who expressed willingness to welcome foreign visitors into their homes during the expo period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Osaka Prefectural
Osaka
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Sulphur Springs News- Telegram
West Berlin
Prague
Budapest
Danube
Vienna
Harold Potts
Dwight McFall
Bill Langford
Howard Hall
Dean Street
Gregg
Lenin Mausoleum
Kremlin
Gladewater, Texas
North America
United Gas Pipe Line Company
Gladys Pope
Mrs
Sally Brown
Pope
Smith Cemetery
Wood County
Walter Wyatt Pope
Anthony
Roy
Big
East Pacific
Fryer & U.S.D
Hamburger
Neuhoff
Blackman
Griffin
Lipton Instant
Gladiola
Bes
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