East Texas towns balk at Washingtons recipe for equal federal aid
Dallas Morning News notes rural East Texas and urban New York resist expansive federal programs. Critics warn health planning may close local doctors and hospitals, while urban transit grants to New York City under UMTA appear misaligned with need. The piece urges cutting half baked national recipes in favor of local needs.
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East Texas
New York City
Washington
National Health Planning Resources Development Act
New York
General Accounting Office
Federal Urban Mass Transportation Administration
Dallas Morning News
Miss Wanda Mahaw hosts car wash for queen contest funds
Miss Wanda Mahaw of Atlanta visits J Pat and Mrs Smith as a nursing student and birthday wishes flow for local families. Sharon Bailey and Union Grove students back the Western Day Queen drive with a Saturday car wash behind city hall from 9 to 3 to raise contest funds.
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Wanda Mahaw
Atlanta
J. Pat Smith
Miss Mahaw
Longview School of Nursing
Esther Brown Harper
Union Grove
Sharon Bailey
Union Grove School
City Hall
Absentee Voting Set in Local Elections
Absentee voting begins March 15 and continues through Tuesday in both the city council and school board races. Incumbents Virgil Wallace and Medro Barnes seek re election to the school board. eight candidates contest the three seats on the council. Balloting for the school board is at the superintendent's office and for the council at City Hall in the office of City Financial Officer Rick Kuehler.
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Aseria
Ens
Virgil Wallace
Medro Barnes
Font Armstrong
Charles Hopson
Miyer G. Johnston
Ielude Armstrong
Hopson
Mark Henry
R. B. Ciier
Lonnie van Zandt
Donaro
Dolias Dishman
Bob McPierson Vicentee
Fool Board
Fool
Avt
City Financial Firevior
Rick Kuehler
Chey Couch and Earp Swear to Jeanette My G
Fragmentary text mentions Chey Couch and Earp with dates and terms but details are unclear. No coherent event or entities to confirm a full news item.
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Chey
Jeanette
GHS Students Sweep Pine Tree Awards for Forensic Arts
GHS students earned a Superior certificate and two trophies at Pine Tree High School's fifth annual forensic activities event. Mrs Garfield Hill praised the students noting growing interest and high achievement in the program.
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Tyler Junior College
Tyler
Texas
Gladewater High School
Pine Tree High School
Anthony Williams
Donna Jackson
Belinda Lott
Charles McKenzie
Linda
GHS
Pine Tree
Garfield Hill
Sales tax up over 1974 and district allocations
Comptroller Bob Bullock announced a $75.5 million tax collections rise for the 1975 Christmas quarter, up from $64.2 million in 1974, with city allocations showing variations. Gladewater area towns posted mixed revenues while Tyler and Longview reported notable figures as merchants noted stronger sales and local officials discussed quarterly returns and remittances.
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Austin
Bob Fullock
Oomber Noud
Derester
Houston
Wulhon
Elsay
Surprising Monday Hours At A Busy Local Office
A reflective note on a small business oddities and erratic hours. The writer explains being surprised by calls on Mondays and Saturdays, hints at a 24 hour misperception, and jokes about cleaning a desk spindle. The text mentions a doughnut festival at Antique Village near Lake Orion with free admission and parking, plus a closet purge and shoe/disc wardrobe thoughts.
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Antique Village
Lake Orion
Weekend Project Drawer and Shoes Cashing In
An account of a weekend attic and wardrobe round up. The narrator gathers yarn and fabric, stores colors in a drawer, and debates knitting progress while recounting shoe purchases for a daughter’s wedding. A furniture move causes a slat to fall, then another slips out, finishing the weekend in a downhill mood.
Gladewater Mirror publication details and rates
The Gladewater Mirror is published Thursdays and Sundays by The Gladewater Publishing Company at Glade Avenue and Dean Street in Gladewater Texas. It lists home delivery and mail subscription rates for in and out of state, with prices per month six months and year and notes consolidation with The Gladewater Times-Tribune and The White Oak Texan.
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Gladewater Publishing Company
Glade Avenue
Dean Street
Gladewater
Gregg County
Texas
Gladewater Times-Tribune
White Oak Texan
Rev Nesmith fills pulpit at Nazarene church
The Rev. S. W. Nesmith begins his pastorate at the Church of the Nazarene succeeding Rev. Billy Ford now in Conroe. He arrives from Kansas City Mo with wife Genevia and four grown children. He holds degrees from Evangelical Theological Seminary and University of Oklahoma and has worked as a youth counselor and counselor staff in Kansas City and Lansing Kan. They reside at 1010 Chevy Chase.
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S. W. Nesmith
Church of the Nazarene
Nesmith
Billy Ford
Conroe
Kansas City
Genevia
Oklahoma
Florida
Missouri
University of Oklahoma
Evangelical Theological
Napherville
Ill
University of Tulsa
Social Counseling Department
Research Medical Center
Penal Institution
Lansing
Kan
Southeastern College
Durant
Okla
Enid Okla
Chevy Chase
Luckenbach Awards for Bicentennial Bad Taste
The column announces a Gilded Plastic Slop Jar award for tasteless Bicentennial gimmicks. Judges will consider categories like Biggest Rip Off and Ugliest Item, with winners likely shipped to Asia. Nominators urged to submit ugly, vulgar items by July 4 while recalling Mencken on American taste.
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Luckenbach
Texas
Hondo Crouch
Japan
Taiwan
Korea
Paul Revere
George Washington
Betsy Ross
Minuteman
React Rescue Team to Back Mid-America Circus Event
The React Rescue Team will support a Mid-America circus at the Gregg County Fairgrounds in Longview on Sunday April 4. Proceeds fund Jaws life rescue tool equipment. Helen Colter and Brenda Nichols attended the meeting from the circus group. Another Jaws demonstration is planned soon.
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React
Mid-America
Gregg County Fairgrounds
Longview
Helen Colter
Brenda Nichols
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