Editorial on Arkansas Waterway System dedication and future plans
The Arkansas Waterway System, dedicated in Tulsa by President Nixon, cost 1.2 billion and stretches 440 miles. Pioneered by Robert Kerr and John McClellan, the project turned landlocked Oklahoma and Arkansas into potential sea commerce via the Mississippi, with earlier riverbed droughts and a rising Verdigrii bridge noted as signs of progress.
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Tulsa
Nixon
Robert Kerr
Oklahoma
John McClellan
Arkansas
Robert S. Kerr
United States
Congress
Mississippi
Catoosa
Claremore
Higher Education Costs Hit U S Universities
The California Taxpayers Association reports funding pressures on colleges with Princeton cutting 1 million from 1971 72, Michigan State 1.5 percent budget decrease, Dartmouth reducing faculty, Stanford trimming 6 million over five years. Oregon plans charge 7 percent of tuition to residents while out of state students pay full cost.
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California Taxpayers’ Association
Princeton University
Michigan State University
Dartmouth College
Stanford University
Oregon
Grassroots Opinion Across The Nation Skeptical On Government Size
A roundup of editorials from Everett Washington to Idaho Falls noting concerns about government employment growth, taxes, auto safety gains, a quip about dogs’ diets, and calls for broader ecology education as an expanding field in the United States.
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Everett. Wash
United States
U. S
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Kennedy
Doubleday
Chickens Aid In Cancer Research
Scientists at Life Sciences Laboratories in St. P6867.8 Boye raise virus free chickens to study Marek's disease, a cancer affecting about 20 percent of chickens annually. Officials hope a quick cancer diagnostic test results and potential human leukemia advances. sterilized fertilized eggs and isolated chambers keep chicks virus free as research progresses.
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Life Sciences Laboratories
Summer Reading Highlights Personal Biographies
New York AP notes a strong trend toward books about people this summer with autobiographies memoirs and biographies. Notable titles include Rose: A Biography of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy and The Memoirs of Marshal Zhukov among others while historical fiction also features Michener Oldenbourg and Holland new works.
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New York
Southeast Asia
Gail Cameron
Kennedy
Chase National Bank
Michael Scammell
Washington March of Events Highlights 1970 Protests and Politics
Henry Cathcart reports on May Day protests in Washington with 7000 arrests and police crackdowns. The piece covers Muskie campaign staffing gains via John English and Kennedy connections, Muskie’s poll slide, Rep Sonny Montgomery’s Capitol clash, Nixon backing firm action, and Neighborhood Legal Services legal aid tensions.
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Henry Cathcart
Central Press
Washington
Wilson
Jobless rolls drop in Texas as April figures released
Texas unemployment fell 6 000 in April to 181 000 with a 3.8 percent jobless rate as the TEC notes possible signs of improvement in 13 labor areas. Austin posted the lowest rate at 1.8 percent while the mid April figure matched December 1970 levels.
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Texas Employment Commission
TEC
Austin
Sawhorse Rustler Dominates the Gladewater Round Up
A fragment from a Gladewater column mixes rodeo lore with staff notes about a float for the Houston Fat Stock Show and Round-Up Rodeo. The piece also touches on local politics and a state court opinions roundup, including Texas Education Code provisions for junior colleges and pharmacy drug rules.
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Houston
Gladewater
Claremore Zebras
Broken Arrow Tigers
Kilgore College Launches Airline Reservationist Program
Kilgore College announced a new one year program to train airline reservationists for the fall 1971 semester. Director Joe Hendrix cited growth in airline jobs and Texas International Airlines opening a Gregg County Airport reservation office as key factors. Jim Cassady of TI Airlines welcomed the partnership. Enrollment is selective requiring an admission application and personal interview.
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Kilgore College
Joe Hendrix
Texas International Airlines
Gregg County
Hendrix
Jim Cassady
Upshur County Historical Week Opens June 13 in Gilmer
Upshur County celebrates Historical Week June 13 19 with displays artifact exhibits parades and bus tours of sites. Events begin with Sunday church sermons and continue daily at the Douphrate Building with viewing hours 10 a.m. to noon and 1 5 p.m. Hostesses are Bluebonnet Literary Club members with a Texana display at the Upshur County Library led by Mrs. Dee Mathews. Bus tours Tuesday and Wednesday tour designated sites with a 7 30 p.m. slide program Thursday by D T Loyd featuring Upshur County through the eyes of the camera and Indian artifacts. A Saturday parade at 10 a.m. includes wagons a surrey a stagecoach Vic Ferchill’s car collection and a Chitlin Switch Fire Truck followed by church choir performances and old fashioned costumes all day on the square.
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Glenn Walton
Mirror
Jack Elrod
Ron Clark
Jack
Gilmer
Upshur County
Bluebonnet Literary Club
Dee Mathews
Texas
D. T. Loyd
Surrey
Vic Ferchill
Longview
Chitlin
Gladewater Mirror Publishing Staff and details
The fragment lists staff positions including publisher general manager advertising director and news editor with names, plus editors and office information. It notes second class postage paid at Gladewater Texas and provides home delivery and mail subscription rates and consolidation dates with The Gladewater Times Tribune and The White Oak Texan.
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Jack Elrod
Gladewater
Texas
Gladewater Times-Tribune
The
White Oak Texan
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