East Texas Vacation Guide distributed nationwide in 1972
The East Texas Chamber of Commerce released the ninth annual Fast Texas Vacation Guide. It highlights the East Texas Heritage Trail, Lake Livingston and Toledo Bend, 200-plus campgrounds, 400 events yearly, and 280 photos across 80 pages. The guide goes on sale in March for 1.25 dollars plus postage.
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Longview
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Roland Boyd
McKinney
East Texas
Big Thicket
Boyd
Toledo Bend
Livingston
Caddo
Texas
Houston
Dallas
Alton Holt
Lufkin
East Texas Chamber
Texas Tourist Development Agency
Tourist Department
Chamber of Commerce
P.O
Toh
Presidential restraint and public policy debates across states
Editorial excerpts from multiple papers reflect distrust of government growth and a call for fiscal restraint. Voices urge no salary increases for department heads, elimination of duplicative agencies, and probe into inflation causes amid energy and tax crisis discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
GLYNN
March dates mark Florida statehood to historic battles
Florida entered the Union as the 27th state on March 3, 1845. March 4 was the original US Inauguration Day until 1937. The Boston Massacre occurred March 5, 1770 and the Alamo fell to Mexican troops March 6, 1836. March 7 saw Bell patent the telephone.
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Florida
Union
United States
Boston
Alamo
Social Security address changers urged to avoid payment delays
Social Security recipients are urged to update their address promptly to ensure monthly benefit checks arrive on time. Russell D. Patterson notes timely notifications help mail the correct check to the right person at the right time, and advises informing the post office too.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell D. Patterson
Patterson
Social Security Office
Post Office
Social Security
Research Grant Awarded To SFA School of Forestry
A $1,000 grant from Southern Pacific Transportation Co. to Stephen F. Austin State University funds forestry research. Dr. Seymour I. Somberg notes the project runs about one year with Dr. Leonard Burkart leading a feasibility study on disposing of old railroad ties and developing new wood products for replacements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nacogdoches
School of Forestry
Stephen F. Austin State University
Southern Pacific Transportation Co
San Francisco
Calif
Seymour I. Somberg
SFA School of Forestry
Leonard Burkart
Readers praise The Mirror for honest coverage of festival
William S. Price of Cynthiana Kentucky commends The Mirror issue dated Sunday October 3 1971 for objective reporting on the Worldwide Church of God 19th Fall Festival. He thanks the Gladewater merchants and staff writer Jimmy Brown and requests 3 or 4 copies as free souvenir editions courtesy of local merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worldwide Church of God
Ambassador College
The
Plain Truth
Tomorrow's World
World ‘Tomorrow
Merchants of
P.S. I
Mirror
Gladewater
Governor proposes statewide Texas food stamp program
Gov. Preston Smith proposes state operation and funding of a food stamp program in all 254 Texas counties costing an estimated 17 to 20 million dollars, arguing it would generate over 285 million dollars in economic activity and aid low income residents, while facing federal funding and timing challenges. The plan faces USDA funding limits and potential delays, with Welfare Commissioner Raymond Vowell skeptical it could start by September 1, 1972.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Preston Smith
Smith
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Texas Welfare
Raymond Vowell
Texas colleges to offer four-year criminal justice programs
The grant from the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration of the Justice Department will fund four-year criminal justice courses at four Texas institutions. CJC will subgrant the funds to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education for the participating colleges: University of Houston Wayland Baptist College Plainview Christian College of the Southwest Mesquite and University of Texas at El Paso Governor Smith proclaims March April and May as official Bluebonnet months.
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Texas
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Department of Justice
CJC
Texas Commission On Law Enforcement Officer Standards
University of Houston
Wayland Baptist College
Plainview
Christian College of the Southwest
Mesquite
University of Texas At el Paso
Smith
Nixon seeks secret Kissinger mission to Washington
The writer imagines a covert trip by Henry Kissinger to Capitol Hill to meet Democrats, aiming for a peace mood in politics after Nixon's trip to China. Sen McGovern and Muskie would guide tours, Humphrey possible, Kennedy banquet teased, and a joint communique could show bipartisanship despite deep partisan divides.
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Nixon
Red China
U.S
Washington
Henry Kissinger
Capitol Hill
George McGovern
Edmund Muskie
Sen. Humphrey
Hobert
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Kissinger
Harvard
Offset Printing Blues and Wartime Echoes in a Small Town
A longtime editor recalls Kilgore News-Herald’s shift from letterpress to offset printing, detailing early production headaches, hospital stays, and a community’s adjustment. The piece wanders through memories of old printers, a doffing at Uncle Joe, wartime protests, and reflections on nostalgia and publishing.
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Kilgore
Dallas
Gladewater Hospital
Jo’’ Bilbry
Ellie
Uncle Joe
Claremore
Broken Arrow
Louisiana
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Texas, Journal and
Bell County Democrat
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Wyo
Ranger
Whittier
Jules Verne
High Point
N.C
Illinois Revenue Office
Newton
Miss
Life Magazine
Yesteryears
Alexander Graham Bell
St. Petersburg
Monitor
Merrimac
Virginia
William S. Price
Cynthiana
Mrs. Kates
America
the Mirror
Big Sandy
Woodbury, N.Y
Long Island Restaurant and Catering Association
Turkey
Marseilles
France
West Texas Press Association
Sweetwater
Barnes
Brisco
U. S. Senate
Tower
Yarborough
Sanders
Connally
Hobby
Christie
Hall
Jones
Briscoe
Farenthold
U.S. Senate
Bob Bullock
Harris County
Texas Criminal Justice Council
Justice of the Peace
Governor's Criminal Justice Council
By Ace Reid
Far East
U. S
Vietnam
O.D.O.R
Jerome Weidman
Random House
Weidman
Fourth Street East
Manhattan
Lower East Side
Benny Kramer
New York
Benny
West Germany
Gladewater Mirror
Gladewater Publishing Company
Glade Avenue
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Gregg County
Gladewater Times-Tribune
White Oak Texan
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