Neighbor in Need: Union Grove High Student Angie Nixon Ill
Union Grove area seeks community help for Angela Nixon, a Union Grove High School junior hospitalized after bronchitis suspicion. Tests show malignant lymphoma Hodgkin’s Sarcoma Grade 4 affecting lymph glands and organs. doctors fear limited life expectancy. Angie is not long into the illness and is under care in Oklahoma.
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Union Grove
Angela Nixon
Union Grove High School
Dallas
Angie
School appeals aid for ill student Angie in Oklahoma City
A Union Grove School superintendent solicits donations to help Angie, an ill student treated at Oklahoma Medical Center Foundation, after being dismissed from a hospital. The appeal, backed by the Union Grove Board of Education, urges contributions to defray ongoing medical costs. National Library Week is designated by the Texas governor for April 18–24, 1971, stressing the right to read and library services.
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Union Grove Board of Education
Union Grove
Texas Library Programs Highlight Elisabet Ney and Edmund Montgomery
Daleth Study Club features Elisabet Ney and her husband Edmund Montgomery in a Texas focus, with the new biography The Hermit Philosopher of Liendo by I. K. Stebens. The couple, long in Texas and noted for art and philosophy, influenced Hempstead and local culture.
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Texas
Daleth Study Club
Elisabet Ney
Edmund Montgomery
Gladewater
Liendo
I. K. Stebens
Montgomery
Heidelberg
Berlin
Bonn
Royal College of Physicians of London
Hempstead
Mararet O. Hyde
Margaret Bacon
Mary Brush Jones
William E. Barnett
Konrad
Stephen
Lions Hear Nominations for 1971-72 Officers
The Lions Club nominating committee presented a slate for 1971-72 leadership. Names include Virgil Wallace as president and Paul Bennett as first vice president, with several vice presidents, directors, and committee chairs listed. Immediate past president will be Dr. Kent, and the proposed officers were elected by acclamation. Joe Jones showed a Shrine Burns Institute film in Galveston.
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Lions Club
Glen Kent
A. B. Nelson
Virgil T. Wallace
Paul Bennett
Billy W. Sorrells
C. D. Pittman
Chester E. Gleason
Lion Tanner
David Holcombe
Texans Observe National Library Week Theme in 1971
Gov Preston Smith proclaims April 18 to 24 National Library Week with the theme Youve Got a Right To Read Dont Blow It The Right To Read covers free access to materials and reading education Houston Mayor Louie Welch serves as honorary chairman Ruby Weaver leads the Houston Public Library Officials statewide plan programs stressing libraries role in promoting reading for all Texans
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National Library Week
Texas
Texas Libraries
Library Week
Preston Smith
Houston
Louie Welch
Ruby Weaver
Houston Public Library
Oil Industry Steps to Cut Pollution and Emissions
D. H. Strader of Humble Oil spoke at a Rotary Club luncheon outlining actions to reduce auto emissions and leaded fuel issues. He cited PCV systems, 1968 exhaust controls, and proposed 90 percent engine emission cuts by 1980, with industry research on low and no lead fuels and the need for continued air quality efforts.
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Rotary
D. H. Strader
Tyler, Center
Humble Oil & Refining Company
Rotary Club
Eddie Nelson
Jett
Bob Dickinson
Strader
Tyler
Congress
Texas
California
Thank You All Think You All R B OBrien
A hospital stay tribute expresses gratitude for care from doctors and nurses. The narrator recalls hospital hospitality, supporters sending flowers and cheer, and a feeling of happiness from love for all people.
Congress Downs SST Plan With Anti Money Vote
A Congress vote derails the American supersonic transport program, delivering a major political victory for liberal lawmakers while threatening U S aviation leadership. The piece mocks the move as surrendering future jobs and industry prestige, suggesting foreign SST projects will outpace the United States. It humorously reflects on paper airplanes as a metaphor for the perceived fragility of U S aerospace effort.
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Congress
America
U. S
Japan
Time marching on sparks humorous reflections and plans
A humorous column blends daily life with absurdist projects from playful home chaos to a proposed paper SST prank. The writer riffs on telephone misadventures during baths and imagines ridiculous schemes, ending with notes about Albany Fort Griffin and a local historic site restoration.
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Albany
Fort Griffin
Gladewater publisher consolidated with neighboring papers
The Gladewater Mirror announces consolidation with The Gladewater Times-Tribune on November 28, 1949 and with The White Oak Texan on June 1, 1969. Hints of the publishers Mrs. Harry Kates Jack Elrod Fredalene Clark and Harriett Walton are noted in the notice.
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Jack Elrod
Fredalene Clark , Harriett Walton
Gladewater Times-Tribune
The
White Oak Texan
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By Ace Reid
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Lee Trevino
Trevino
Augusta
Old Dominion
United Negro College Fund
R. B. O'Brien
Grand Canyon
Cuba
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Washington
Los Angeles
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Ohio
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Stein Lumber Company of
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Harry Kates
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Glade Avenue
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Gregg County
E -Press Association
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