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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1969
Page
2
A portrait of the local merchant as a neighbor and helper in need. The piece extols his credit, exchanges, door greetings, hometown clerks, and support of churches and charities, urging readers to trade locally and foster community ties.
Editorial commends US government for denying Danny the Red Cohn Bendit entry to prevent campus riots. German-born agitator previously banned by France, praised by Col. Harold Collier for halting home grown anarchists. Call to extend measures against all troublemakers foreign or domestic.
Goodwill Industries observes National Goodwill Week from May 4 through May 10, highlighting a self help program that trains and employs handicapped individuals. The nationwide effort relies on public donations of used clothing toys and furniture, repaired by handicapped workers, to fund rehabilitation training and job placements across industries.
Chamber president Mack Wiley told Gladewater Lions that the organization should hire a paid full-time active manager. Introduced by Jerry Williams, Wiley lauded civic work, traced chamber history from 1768, and warned that communities deteriorate without strong business support and good government.
A collection of humorous lines attributed to Louis J. Carlat Sr. offering wry takes on marriage money dating parenting and aging. The brief jokes touch on a bride losing suppression and gaining voice a diplomat caution and cautions about vacation spending blond babysitters and parental guidance. Drive with care.
J Edgar Hoover urges Law Day observance to promote respect for law and equality under law. He notes the link to National Police Week and Officers Memorial Day, stressing civic duty and responsibility in upholding democratic rights and freedoms.
The Sixth annual East Texas Chamber of Commerce Tourist Development Conference is scheduled for May 15 at the Fredonia Hotel in Nacogdoches. ETCC President C. Quentin Abernathy notes the theme Great Tourist Goals for the Seventies with noon luncheon speaker John McCarty, chairman, Texas Tourist Development Agency board of advisors, and vice president of Pub-
The Texas Senate approved SB 769 by a 26 to 1 vote to create a new Gregg County district court taking territory from the 71st and adding a second court for the county. Governor appoints the first judge. voters within the district elect further judges thereafter. House action pending, two Gregg County districts would exist if passed.
A former OU pledge recalls campus protests and a 1950s mock Ku Klux Klan stunt during Brown v Board era. The piece contrasts past college rules with today’s student militants and ends with a lesson about doing your own laundry.
The piece notes President Nixon and his family project a measured, disciplined image. It contrasts friends with critics, highlighting deliberate dignity over effusive adulation and favoring formality at White House functions.
Paul Harvey describes the Nixons as conservative, middle class icons shaping public life. He highlights Mrs Nixon's attire, Julie Nixon's stitched Great Seal, and the president’s focus on union war inflation and crime. The piece notes the public’s likely respect for such a wholesome family image amid national tensions.
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