Gladewater Rodeo Parade Boosts Community Spirit
Gladewater kicks off its 33rd rodeo with a street dance in front of City Hall and sign-in for cowboys. The town touts volunteer effort from 18 men and many groups, highlighting projects from light bulb sales for the mentally retarded to Clean-Up Day, Jaycee Park, and Miss Gladewater Pageant. The rodeo draws audiences from three states, funds scholarships, supports veterans and various local organizations, and promises top cowboys, humor, and entertainment.
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Gladewater
City Hall
Mirror
Jack Phillips
Gregg County
TARS
Rotary Club
Gregg County Association
The
Legion Auxiliary
GHS
Texas
Baylor Orientations For Freshmen Announced Across Summer
Baylor University invites incoming freshmen to three summer orientation sessions on June 26 July 24 and August 7. About one third of the 1500 expected freshmen may attend to meet campus staff and learn procedures.
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Waco
Baylor University
Baylor
James Berryhill
Berryhill
Presbyterian Synod Opens 128th Annual Session in San Antonio
The Synod of Texas of the United Presbyterian Church in the USA meets at Trinity University in San Antonio for its 128th session. Delegates from five presbyteries and 352 congregations discuss plans for a joint meeting with the U P Church Synod in the following year and report Trinity University’s evolving status as an independent related institution.
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Synod of Texas
United Presbyterian Church In the USA
Trinity University
San Antonio
Texas
Louisiana
Presbyterian Church
United States
U.S. Presbyterian Synod
Sherman
Kelly Outstanding Airman Set for Command award
Four airmen were nominated nationwide for the Command Outstanding Airman of the Year. Technical Sergeant Glenn O. Kelly of the 7651st ACI Sq Hawaii sits with the NCO Information Center in the Terminal Section FLIP Branch. He is on leave from Hickam AFB Honolulu and has served three Vietnam TDYs. He will be stationed at Ellendorf AFB Anchorage after leave.
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Air Force Association
Washington
D. C
ACI Sq
Hawaii
Glenn O. Kelly
Flip
Set. Kelly
James R
Virginia) Kelly
Kelly
Hickam Air Force Base
Honolulu
Barksdale Afb
Bossier City
Vietnam
Air Force
Ellendorf Air Force Base
Anchorage
Alaska
Sgt. Kelly
7651St
Nixon gamble in Cambodia could reshuffle Vietnam war
Reuters reports from Washington suggest President Nixon’s Cambodia move aims to disrupt North Vietnamese forces, buy time to train Vietnamese troops, and enable a substantial drawdown of up to 150,000 American soldiers this year, a risk observers weigh against potential gains.
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Washi
Washington
Nixon
Cambodia
Johnson
U.S
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Les
Pentagon
Cedar Falls
Iron Triangle
John F. Kennedy
Old Mirror steals show at rodeo parade and local honors
In Albuquerque inspired notes, a famed horse named Old Mirror wowed crowds with grandiose presence in the rodeo parade. The piece also salutes the House of Flowers for first place in the window division, while J. C. Penney wins second and the Chamber of Commerce third.
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Old Mirror
Neal
House of Flowers
J. C. Penney Company
Chamber of Commerce
Jimmy Brown
Grassroots opinion in Watseka on subsidized benefits for the poor
A Watseka Illinois Republican column questions welfare programs claiming subsidies like housing health and dental care university scholarships and other benefits require only proof of disadvantage. The piece argues welfare is expanding for the poor.
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Watseka
Ill
ASU Falls to New Mexico State 94-88 in Tempe
In Tempe Arizona State University suffered a 94-88 home defeat as Jimmy Collins led the Sun Devils with 33 points while New Mexico State University claimed the victory. The AP report names Collins as the season’s top ASU performer and NM State as the top team in the regular season.
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Collins
Aggies
Sun Devils
Tempe
Christian Scientists Hear Reports at Meeting
About 10,000 members attend the annual Christian Science meeting as directors urge spiritual thinking to solve poverty crime pollution and war The message says no material solutions exist and calls individuals to seek guidance from the universe The session includes a Monitor editors panel and Clem W Collins as the new church president in 1970 71 from Boston Denver born leader in 1940 and member since 1940.
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Ernie Pyle
Albuquerque
Gladewater
Jack Elrod
Gladewater Country Club
Jack
America
Lovelace Clinic and Foundation
Rio Rancho Folsome
Gregg County
Christian Science Board of Directors
Clayton Bion Craig
The
Christian Science Monitor
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Massachusetts
Clem W. Collins
Moon's largest crater Mare fbrium spans 750 miles
From Earth the crater Mare fbrium forms a vast largely filled plain about 750 miles across. Early observers mistook the feature for a lunar sea due to its expansive dark expanse.
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Moon
Earth
Mare Fbrium
Windmills dwindling in Holland as restoration slows
Fewer than a thousand wind mills remain in the Netherlands with about 300 still functioning. Many are abandoned awaiting restoration under a government encouraged program or repurposed as private homes, restaurants, and shops.
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Holland
Gladewater Mirror Subscription Rates Noted in 1949
The Gladewater Mirror lists delivery and mail subscription prices for Texas and out of state readers. It notes biweekly publication on Thursdays and Sundays and mentions consolidation with The Gladewater Times-Tribune as of November 28, 1949.
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The
Gladewater Times-Tribune
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Aerospace Studies
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Presbyterian Synod
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Air Cartographic Information Center
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Ron Clarks
Spencer
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By Ace Reid
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Christian Science
Denver
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