Gladewater School District Cuts Costs On Major Repairs
Spiraling building costs push Gladewater district to use staff for roof repairs gym work and install portable classrooms saved by purchasing from Tyler school district at half price. Total savings exceed contract bids as taxpayers benefit from in-house projects and guaranteed resale value on temporary structures.
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Gladewater
Gay Avenue
Eevel
Roy Johnson
Tyler
Peronnel
Gilmer
Slaxpayer
Exemption or need The federal hold on hospitals tightens
Gladewater residents confront growing bureaucracy in regional health services and the need for certificates of exemption or of need to approve hospital expansion. The piece warns of government overreach, urges community action, and notes Gilmer’s appeal to begin building in August while accreditation requirements and safety standards persist.
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Big Brother
Gladewater
Region 7 Health Svsterns Agency
Gilmer
Health Facilities Commission
Gilmer medical complex awaits state go ahead
Gilmer Hospital Inc and Ragland Fenlow Ford Clinic Association plan a 3.4 million 46 bed facility with potential to 125 beds. Master plans include a second expansion and a larger doctors clinic. Health Facilities Commission has denied the exemption certificate and an appeal is pending. Administrator is Glenn R Bunn with officers Dr M S Ragland and Dr J L Fenlon.
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Gilmer
Texas Health Facilities Commission
Gilmer Hospital, Inc
Ragland, Fenlaw
Ford Clinic Association
Gilmer Group
Roberts lauds US highway sign metric conversion rejection
Rep. Ray Roberts reports that Federal Highway Administrator William Cox announced the administration would not pursue converting highway signs to the metric system. The congressman supports the decision and notes his earlier introduction of legislation to bar federal funding for such a project.
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Federal
William Cox
Federal Highway Administration
Cox
Kidney Fund appeals for cash not clever donations
A letter urges donors to skip saving cigarette wrappers or grocery price strips and contribute money to the American Kidney Fund. Executive director E. K. Hatch notes funds directly support patients’ dialysis costs and transportation, with minimal admin spending.
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American Kidney Fund
E. K. Hatch
Art Appointments at Walker Art Center in Minneapolis
Graham W. J. Beal and Lisa Lyons named curator and assistant curator at Walker Art Center Minneapolis. Beal formerly directed the art gallery of Washington University St. Louis and Lyons is a Rockefeller Foundation Fellow.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Graham W. J. Beal
Lisa Lyons
Walker Art Center
Minneapolis
Beal
Art Gallery of Washington University
St. Louis
Miss Lyons
Rockefeller Foundation
Metric menace A nation’s inch loyalists defend old measures
A humorous essay argues against metrication, mocking decimal units and foreign terms. It defends keeping inches and gallons, warns of social chaos, and concludes by pledging resistance to converting to metric. It cites Ralph Nader as authority.
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Congress
West Texas
Howard Cosell
Cowboys
Supreme Authority
Ralph Nader
Depot sale sparks town hopes for restoration and memory
A Gilmer depot was sold to a Dallas buyer who plans to relocate it to Mt. Pleasant as a railroad museum. The letter reflects on preserving town heritage, recalling family antiques, and the sentimental value of old items as they disappear.
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Gilmer
Gladewater
Dallas
Mt. Pleasant
Arkansas
Edison
Kates
Claremore
Billy
Herbert
Scott
Kansas
New doctor joins Laird Hospital staff
Dr. Wayne E. Fortson a family practitioner from Little Rock Ark has joined the medical staff at Roy H Laird Memorial Hospital Kilgore. He and his wife and three children will move to Kilgore July 22 Announcement by A O Gandy hospital administrator. Fortson a Shreveport native graduated from Louisiana Tech 1963 BS 1969 MS and University of Arkansas Medical School 1973. He did residency and internship at St Vincent s Infirmary Little Rock 1973 74. Valley Forge is noted as a Southeastern Pennsylvania village where Washington and troops spent the winter 1777 78.
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Kilgore
Wayne E. Fortson
Little Rock
Ark
Roy H. Laird Memorial Hospital
Forston
A. O. Gandy
Fortson
Shreveport
Louisiana Tech University
Ruston
University of Arkansas Medical School
St. Vincent’s Infirmary
Gladewater Mirror subscription rates and history
The Gladewater Mirror lists home delivery and mail subscription prices for Texas readers and details a consolidation with The Gladewater Times-Tribune and The White Oak Texan in 1969. It notes publication on Thursdays and Sundays and provides regional rates for within and outside Texas. accompanies postal details and consolidation history.
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Gladewater Publishing Company
Glade Avenue
Dean Street
Gladewater
Gregg County
Texas
Gladewater Times-Tribune
White Oak Texan
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Money Savers
Ray Roberts
T. J. Ford, Jr
J. L. Fenlon
House of Representatives
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Novosad
National Weather Service
Novasad
American Battle Monuments Commission
House Public Works and Transportation Committee
Corps of Engineers
John Morris
House
Merry Metrics
Laird Hospital
Valley Forge
Pennsylvania
Washington
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