Former Gladeite SEDC President Elected in Shreveport
Dr. Dana Williams, former Gladewater schools superintendent, is named president of the Southwest Educational Development Corporation at the June board meeting in Shreveport. The nonprofit org runs the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, focusing on education program development.
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Austin
Dana Williams
Corpus Christi Independent
Southwest Educational Development Corporation
Williams
Gladewater Schools
Shreveport
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
Texas
Louisiana
Upshur Co-op mails refunds to 1956 members
Upshur Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation mailed 9 567 patronage capital refund checks totaling 167 594 72 on June 13 to members who used service in 1956. Under the capital credits plan refunds are issued when finances permit and funds come from operating results. Dr Williams becomes president succeeding Ralph F E Howe, manager of Humble Oil Baton Rouge refinery.
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Beatrice Young
Loyce Williford
Capital Credit
Upshur Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation
Gilmer
Upshur Rural Electric
Dr. Williams
Ralph FE. Howe
Howe
Baton Rouge
Humble Oil and Refining Company
May traffic accidents rise in Northeast Texas May totals
Captain Glen Warner of the Texas Highway Patrol Northeast Texas District reports 434 May traffic accidents causing 23 deaths and 206 injuries, lifting 1969 year totals to 91 deaths, 880 injuries, 1,931 accidents and $1,483,606 in property damage. He notes increases over 1968 and a three year average and urges safe driving ahead of the Fourth of July.
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Glen Warner
Texas Highway Patrol Service
Texas
Department of Public Safety
Wayne Newton Rising from Punchline to Vegas Star
Hollywood profile of Wayne Newton detailing his rise from a 245 pound "boy least likely to succeed" to a top Las Vegas act, film star, and TV special. The piece notes his 80 pound weight loss, audience magic, early shares in 80 Steps to Jonah, and diverse investments including ranches near Reno and in Arizona plus real estate in Virginia. It also recounts his Vietnam shows, marriage to Elaine, and a humorous plane incident that sparked their meeting.
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Hollywood
Wayne Newton
Danke Schoen
Las Vegas
Jonah
Wayne
Steve Broidy
Motion Picture International
MGM
Jack Benny
Dean Martin
Frank Sinatra
Frontier
Reno
Arizona
Virginia
Elaine
Saigon
Vietnam
East Texas Chamber Committees Meet in Tyler
Eleven committees of the East Texas Chamber of Commerce will convene simultaneously in Tyler on Thursday. Quentin Abernathy, the regional chamber president, announces new committee assignments and chairmen. Over 200 committeemen and more than 500 chamber members will participate in working sessions addressing Texas Water Plan oil depletion tourism taxes education and broader East Texas industrial issues.
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East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Tyler
Quentin Abernathy
Grass Roots
Chamber For Action
Abernathy
W.A. Clements, Jr
Longview
Joseph R. Griggs
Dallas
Pitser Garerison
Lufkin
George G. Smith
Houston
G.L. Roraback
Jefferson
C. Truett Smith
Wylie
H.A. Bridge, Jr
Marshall
Roland Boyd
McKinney
T.A. Simons II
Chamber
Texas Water Plan
Texas
East Texas
Open Mansion receptions invite area residents
Governor Preston Smith announces a series of Open Mansion events inviting residents of the 1st and 2nd Senatorial districts to a reception at the Governor's Mansion on Monday, June 30 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The governor aims to open doors of state leadership to all Texans and encourage citizen participation in democracy.
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Preston Smith
A. M. Aikin
Jack Strong
Capitol
Gov. Smith
Not Funny Welfare Critique Targeting NWRO Leader
Paul Harvey attacks George Wiley and the NWRO calling them freeloaders. He claims the group earns dues from 30,000 members in 100 cities and is funded by a $434,930 Labor Department grant with potential new $300,000 from the Welfare Department.
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National Welfare Rights Organization
NWRO
Washington, D.C
Ade
The
Department of Labor
Robert Finch
Military Arguments and Welfare Protests Face U S Public Guard
The piece argues that opposition to the military industrial complex comes from both left and right, cites Eisenhower and Dean Acheson, and notes congressional defense spending levels. It profiles welfare activism led by NWRO and NWRC, including protests and demands for guaranteed income and benefits, challenging lawmakers amid rising antiwar sentiment and voter participation shifts.
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Dean Acheson
Truman
United States
House Armed Service Committee
L. Mendel Rivers
D.S.C
Vietnam
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