Gladewater One Way Street Plan Faces Highway Department
Local debate centers on a one way street proposal for Gladewater as the city weighs cooperation with the highway department against resistance. Supporters urge progress on traffic flow and the East Texas Gulf Highway, arguing the city must decide for the common good, while opponents warn against hindering development and demand prudent council discretion.
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Gladewater
East Texas Gulf Highway
Oklahoma
Kan
Joplin
Red River
Houston
Weldon School Road Work Tied to Total Integration Plan
Weldon School undergoes road upgrades in a Gladewater cooperative project. Saunders Street widening, a one way loop by the pool, and bus unloading under an aluminum awning are planned. Inside, the building gets a facelift with repainting and new girls’ dressing room showers. Part of the 25 acre site will be blacktopped for faculty parking. The 450 student facility will serve grades six through eight.
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Weldon
Gladewater
Saunders Street
Saunders
Main Street
Weldon School
Roy Johnson
Dirty letter sparks 25 year high school class note
Jim Fitzgerald reports receiving a rude letter from Bill Ricketts claiming their high school class graduated 25 years ago this month and prompting reflection on the long elapsed time and unresolved tensions.
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Bill Ricketts
Texas Newsman Wins State Award for Legend of Old Stone Ranch
Albany reporter John Worth Cloud received the 1968 Texas State Historical Survey Committee award for Best Historical Publication of the Year on Social or Regional History. His verse novel Legend of Old Stone Ranch portrays early 19th century life on the Texas frontier with a love story featuring Newton and Lucinda.
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Albany
West Texas
Texas State Historical Survey Committee
John Worth Cloud
Chamber of Commerce
Cloud
Old Stone Ranch
Texas
Fort Griffin
Newton Givens
Putnam Ranch
Topsy
Newton
Lucinda
Dances Revived At Alabama Coushatta Tribe Reservation
The Alabama Coushatta in Big Thicket resume tribal dances four times daily for tourists after years of hesitation. Also noted: Avinger in Cass County renamed from Hickory Hill to honor L. H. Avinger. East Texas State Univ launches Ecumene quarterly geography magazine funded for three years. The region studies chemical plant feasibility under EDA with Lone Star Steel involvement. A light joke on punctuality ends the column. World Cancer of the Uterus conference in New Orleans draws 500 scientists and educators from 61 countries.
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Lonse Graves
Big Thicket
East Texas State University
New Orleans
Lawman Mayor Victorious in Minneapolis
Paul Harvey notes voters chose Charles Stenvig a hard line law enforcer despite liberal roots. He contrasts Stenvig’s win with stalled campaigns and cites Garland Texas as a model where strong policing plus training and community programs cut crime as national crime trends rose.
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Minneapolis
Charles Stenvig
Hubert Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
Dan Cohen
Nixon
Stenvig
U.S
Headley
Miami
Beebe
Garland
Dallas
Bob Wade
It Wet's End Home Ain't The Office By Erma Bombeck
A humor piece recalling a chaotic domestic life and a satirical chorus about domestic work, spelling mishaps, and the comic chaos of managing a home. The narrator ventriloquizes Miss Fitz the secretary and rants about chores, finances, and the absurdities of household administration.
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Erma Bombeck
Miss Fitz
Diahirri
McKinley
Are You A Safe Driver Or Just A Good One
Sandra Phillips asks readers to self assess driving habits with a 15 question quiz. The piece contrasts good driving with safe driving and urges reflection on seat belt use mirrors signaling speed and courtesy. It concludes that few NOs indicate a safe driver, more NOs suggest risky behavior.
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Sandra Phillips
Local Folks Share Visits and Family Gatherings in Glade
Mrs. O G Wappler former Gladeite visits Glade water after ten years with E R Steele and John Sherman families. Fred Sessions and grandson Randy Woodruff of Odesea fish Cross Lake in Shreveport, catching 65 blue channel catfish. A Father’s Day reunion at Fred Johnson home West Mountain features Lenhart Bowls Dooley Lenhart Prince and Johnson family members from multiple cities.
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O. G. Wappler
Gladeite
E. R. Steele
John Sherman
Houston
Gladewater
Humble Oil Company
Fred Sessions
Randy Woodruff
Odesea
Cross Lake
Shreveport
Gary Howell
White Oak
Lenhart
Bowls
Dooley
Johnson
Gorman Prince
Ronald A, Prince
Irving
Johnson Home
Overheard Jokes and Facts Mixed in Uneven Snippet
A fragmentary collection of quips and trivia touches on punishment and executions, daily habits, relationship humor, and health facts. It includes lines about capital punishment, crime rates, shoe shopping, aging, conventions with wives, heart blood flow, and phone call reflections, all in a gossip-like tone.
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Navy
Wade
Garland
Texas
Publishers personnel list from a newspaper masthead
A garbled masthead lists staff including MS. Harry Kates as General Manager and Clark as Advertising Manager. Other roles shown are News Editor Jack Elrod, Women's Editor Redalene Clark, Contributing Editor Harriett Walton, and Jerry Kates, with several corrupted characters around names.
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Liha Titty
Highway Department
Met
Main
Dean
Jim Fitzgerald
Texas Newsman
Shackelford County
Don Biggers
John McGaughey
The
Albany News
Maxine Dudley
Ricketts
Port Huron
St. Stephen
Fred Ceglarek
Father McCormick
Bob
al Capone
Alcatraz
Bill Hubbell
Peaches
Father Hubbell
Grandma
Tommmy Knapp
Europe
Avinger
Cass County
Hickory Hill
L. H. Avinger
Etex
EDA
Economic Development Administration
Lone Star Steel
LIONS
Ted Rankin
Longview
Paul Bennett
Lions Club
Rankin
Gregg County Unit
American Cancer Society
Good Shepherd Hospital
Paul Harvey
London
Christian Organizations Research and Advisory Trust
Church of England
Louis
Howdy Neighbbor
Che Gladeweater
Harry Kates
Glade Avenue
Dean Street
Gregg County
Gladewater Times- Tribune
White Oak Texan
TEXA
Keane Association
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