New London survivor recalls 1937 school explosion
Eyewitness Lorene Zylks Bright recounts the New London School Explosion of 1937 in a newly published book. The book includes victim and survivor lists, funeral records, and a history of New London and the East Texas oil boom, with a memorial to those lost.
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East
Texas
New London School
Lorene Zylks Bright
New London
Nortex Press
Wichita Falls
Bright
Angleton
America
East Texas
Goggans seeks return to council
James Goggans asks Gladewater voters for support in the April 2 1977 election to return him to the City Council. He cites a people centered approach, past service, fiscal responsibility, and a scandal free governance record.
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Goggans
James Goggans
Gladewater
East Texas
Ten Thousand Safe Hunters Certified in Texas in 1976
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department reports 10,043 people certified safe hunters in 1976, the first time over 10,000 in six years. In January and February 1977, over 1,600 more were certified as programs expand to schools and colleges.
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Austin
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Texas
T D Carroll
P&wd
Carroll
Texas A&i
Tarleton State
Ut-Arlington
Texas Christian University At
Fort Worth
Gladewater Mirror Subscription Rates Notice
Gladewater Mirror lists home delivery and by mail rates for Texas and out of state readers. Subscriptions are payable in advance and the paper notes consolidation with The Gladewater Times-Tribune and The White Oak Texan, with dates indicating historic merger details.
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Gladewater Publishing Company
Glade Avermme
Dean Street
Gladewater
Gregg County
Texas
Gladewater Times-Tribune
White Oak Texan
Living Proof Media Campaign Promotes Gospel Across Texas
The Baptist General Convention of Texas launches a 1 million Living Proof media campaign to support Good News Texas. Notables featured include Eldridge Cleaver Dean Jones Jeannie C Riley Connie Smith and Billy Johnson. The effort uses market research revealing Texans seek hope purpose and peace of mind, urging personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
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Baptist General Convention of Texas
Good News Texas
L. L. Morris
Dallas
Good News Texas Coordinating Committee
Eldridge Cleaver
Dean Jones
Jeannie C Riley
Connie Smith
Billy “White Shoes" Johnson
Houston Oilers
Jesus Christ
Texas Baptist
James H. Landes
Time Capsule picks reveal mix of faith and modern life
In a Trans World Airlines in flight poll, public figures like Evangelist Billy Graham and Pat Boone choose spiritually rooted items such as an open Bible and the Living Bible paraphrase for a Bicentennial capsule. Rabbi March H. Tannenbaum endorses democratic pluralism as a defining American value.
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TWA
Trans World Airlines
Billy Graham
Pat Boone
America
March H. Tannenbaum
Wildflower Trails of Texas Proclaimed Official Day
Governor Dolph Briscoe proclaims April 22 as Official Wildflower Day in Texas. Events April 22–24 in western Cass County include guided tours, trail rides, bicycle race, wildflower banquet, art show, and tours of Daniel Boon’s Cabin and the Carriage House. The 11th Official Texas Trail spans Linden, Avinger, Hughes Springs, Douglassville, and Marietta along State Highways 11 49 155 and 77.
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Dolph Briscoe
Texas
Cass County
Wayne C. Brown
Linden
Avinger
Hughes Springs
Douglassville
Marietta
Crossroads
Daniel Boon
Waves By JIMMY BROWN Urgent issue
The Texas Legislature faces a pressing issue as hearings on public pay toilets reveal claims of gender discrimination. The author argues for immediate public clarity on price, access, and social impact, warning against inflation and the injustice of coin-operated facilities.
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Texas
Carter's human rights push draws mixed international response
The piece notes President Carter's effort to support Soviet dissidents and critique dictatorships, including Argentina, but questions effectiveness as Brezhnev pressures him and critics say proclamations fail to change leaders. It cites shifting alliances and warns pronouncements might backfire.
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Carter
Kremlin
Andre Sakarov
Communist Party
Leonid Breznev
Breznev
Argentina
Soviet Union
Teddy Roosevelt
Eye Opener Classifieds Include Garage Sale Missing Column
The notice shows a Friday and Saturday garage sale at 1002 Chevy Chase with miscellaneous items and clothing size 14 and 38. Free items include ten puppies and a three month old mixed breed puppy. The page notes a column removal and missing Fredalene’s piece.
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Charlie Williams
Chevy Chase
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