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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1972
Page
2
A Seattle speaker warns that population rose 20 percent in the Northwest during the 1960s while state expenditures jumped 143.8 percent and public employees increased over 50 percent, far outpacing growth. He predicts one fourth of the regional labor force could be on state and local payrolls by century’s end.
A Reader's Digest article by Edward M. Young exposes costly union practices in construction after interviewing over 500 industry reps. It cites wage growth and productivity gaps since 1926, describes overstaffed government job sites, and warns that high wages fuel higher prices for homes and public buildings.
The Piney Woods Red Cross chapter held its 395th meeting at the Longview chapter house with a covered dish supper and officer elections. Howard Wilson presided as treasurers, and two Gladettes Emma Sue Bennett and Mary Holloman received distinguished service awards for their service.
A concise quotation from Washington Irving questions the idea of large men leading a riot and ponders public perception and leadership through a witty remark.
In a chaotic convention scene Jimmy Brown concedes McGovern clinched the nomination on the first ballot. He jokes about his Poverty Party bid and unveils a comically oversold aisle clearing device while critiquing party unity and liberalism. Brown notes fellow grandes and sidered rivals like Muskie Humphrey Jackson and Wallace remain onstage uncertainty.
A narrator recalls walking home from the garage in Burbank seeking independence and exercise. She muses on traffic exits, credit cards, California travel, and life lessons from memory and imagination. She jokes about wishing to be a boy, notes map reading by a teenage companion, and ends with a wish to reach downtown Burbank.
Project TRAIL will run July 30 for two weeks offering typical camp activities to 200 youngsters including 50 deaf children. Thirty teachers and 30 aides start a week earlier at Kerrville Inn of the Hills with an intensive workshop on psycho social aspects of hearing loss language development and manual communication. They will prepare units for a statewide curriculum for county day schools. Eight Texas colleges assist in designing the session. Mexico borders Pacific Ocean on west and south Guatemala British Honduras Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico to the east.
Gladewater Mirror lists home delivery and mail rates. In Texas subscriptions cost 1.05 monthly for home delivery and 1.25 monthly by mail with six months at 5.00 and yearly at 8.50. outside Texas 1.50 monthly, six months 6.00, yearly 10.00. All subscriptions payable in advance. Consolidated with The Gladewater Times Tribune November twenty eight, 1949 and The White Oak Texan June 1, 1969.
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