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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1970
Page
2
The GladeWater Mirror urges frank education on venereal disease, warning of a nationwide epidemic and urging parents to discuss symptoms, transmission, and treatment with their children. It cites past wartime vigilance and calls for comprehensive school and parental involvement to shield teenagers from VD.
A Jackson Mississippi Clarion Ledger report cites the U S Safety Bureau noting no fatalities at speeds under 60 mph with belt and shoulder harness. Yet only 20 to 30 percent wear belts and four percent with shoulder harnesses. Estimates claim 2 000 lives saved yearly by belts and 8 000 more if buckled. Cornell studies say 8 000 to 10 000 lives could be saved annually with shoulder harnesses.
Sen. William Proxmire of Wisconsin, a frequent critic, praised Nixon's Vietnam war policy as a peace-driven reversal of escalation and said it could reduce the U.S. military by about one million and end the draft. Blatchford quoted Darrow to a high school audience but distanced himself from the remarks. Former ghostwriters for Goldwater, Karl Hess and L. Brent Bozell, face political and legal controversy amid protests in Washington. Hard hat construction activism fuels inflation concerns as 150 strikes threaten billions in construction value.
The Iowa String Quartet from the State University of Iowa used four Stradivarius instruments on a sixth European tour, with the violins loaned by the Corcoran Gallery of Art. The instruments must remain together for the quartet to keep them.
The City of Gladewater proclaims August 2 to August 9 as East Texas Quarter Horse Show Week honoring the annual show on August 7 and 8. The proclamation thanks volunteers and invites visitors to attend the event in the city.
City librarian Mrs. Ellen Bauman reviewed Williams Owens's The Stubborn Soil for the Lions Club. Introduced by Jack Finley, Bauman praised the American experience tale of Owens's Northeast Texas boyhood on a sandy soil farm near Paris and his later Columbia University career.
The Gladewater Public Library shelves feature Car of the Year by Henry B. Lent with cars from 1895 to the present, Jennie by Ralph G. Martin on Lady Randolph Churchill, The Terracotta Palace by Anne Maybury set in Rome, and The Clock at 8:16 by Edwin Lanham about Hiroshima told through a later love story.
A column blends legal quirks about where DWI applies with everyday tax and insurance worries. The writer notes private property limits, teen licensing, rising car rates, and then shifts to summer crafts, sewing, tole painting, and family routines in Gladewater.
A quirky column from Louis J. Carl at home venting on marriage gender roles and political tensions. He jokes about enduring relationships and critiques communists gun rights and Supreme Court decisions while urging sensible driving and restraint.
In Consett England AP reports police cadets from various denominations join four person groups at the Roman Catholic Passionist monastery Minsteracres. They briefly share priestly life and learn discipline and service as Father Colum Devine explains a focus on healthy work rather than imposing monastic rules.
The Cincinnati Court of Appeals sent a case to the U S Tax Court over whether an innocent wife can escape liability when her husband embezzles income without her knowledge. The ruling limits the traditional exception of signatory duress and suggests other incomes complicate innocence.
The Gladewater Mirror announces consolidation with The Gladewater Times Tribune and The White Oak Texan, effective dates not specified. Subscriptions listed include home delivery rates and mail prices for Texas and out of state readers. The notice names several local families and addresses in Gladewater, Gregg County.
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