J Edgar Hoover Remembered as a Nation’s Law Icon
The nation mourns the passing of J. Edgar Hoover, longtime FBI director. He shaped the bureau into a premier law enforcement body, praised for integrity, patriotism, and unwavering pursuit of justice. Nixon called him a legend in his time. his legacy endures in the agency he built.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
J Edgar Hoover
Nixon
Welcoming Vista Planned Along McKinney Roadsides
Planting has been completed and visitors entering McKinney this summer will see a welcoming vista. John C. Blasingame, landscape architect with the Highway Department, supervised plantings along roadsides after trips with club members and drew up the plans. Local officials in Kilgore submitted to the Texas Water Quality Board a municipal water pollution control and abatement program required by Legislature Senate Bill 35. Deadline for proposals from cities with 9000+ population was May 1. 150 of 290 cities submitted. The law requires cities to form water pollution control and abatement programs and to surveil and address water quality in their city limits, with possible extension to extra territorial jurisdiction. Henderson hosted a clergy seminar on counseling alcoholics May 9, 1972, featuring Rev. Join DeFoore of Abuene, pastor of the Lilveristy Baptist Church and noted expert in church-based recovery. Seminar, cosponsored by the Texas Council on Alcoholism and the Henderson Ministerial Alliance, runs 4 AM to 12 noon at the Community Center with no charge.
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Highway Department
Kilgore
Texas Water Quality Board
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Henderson
Join DeFoore
Abuene
DeFoore
Lilveristy Baptist Church
Texas Council On Alcoholism
Memorial Plaque Gift Prompts Gladewater Library Tribute
Mr and Mrs Bowden and Hugh Bowden and Jimmy presented a memorial to the Gladewater Public Library in memory of Mrs Laura Folsom. Voters turned out in record numbers with a long line at polling. The Mirror planned to post Gladewater results after polls closed at 7 pm. A weather balloon launched from Palestine appeared in the southwest sky at dusk, rising into sunshine while ground remained shadowed.
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Cliff Bowden
Hugh and
Jimmy
Gladewater Public Library
Laura Folsom
Mirror
Gladewater
Palestine
Morning Telegraph ceases publication after 139 years
The Morning Telegraph, a New York newspaper famed for horse racing history, has stopped publishing after printers’ union action in April and publisher Stewart Hooker announced its end a week later. The staffing and financial issues reflect a long decline in specialty papers.
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New York
Morning Telegraph
Union
Stewart Hooker
Letters From Readers Gladewater Texas Gratitude Note
The Daily News thanks readers for grave concern during major arterial surgery in Houston Texas. The writer expresses appreciation for prayers good wishes flowers cards calls and telegrams and notes slow recuperation at home following illness.
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Houston
Texas
Aftermath of Texas primary Election settles into runoff time
Voters face a runoff as the Texas primary concludes amid post election chatter. Analysts predict continued political sparring, endorsements, ads, and signature campaign theater before the next vote. The piece extols the secret ballot and the resilience of ordinary voters despite flaws in the system.
Goats and paint and a luau at home
A parent recounts juggling a long home renovation and party planning. An older teen paints the kitchen while the narrator estimates wall area in yards, considers a pig for the luau feast, and recalls a mean goat loan that ends their goat wish.
Proclamation Declares National Music Week in Gladewater
Mayor J O G Johnston proclaims May 7 to May 14 1972 as National Music Week in Gladewater calling on citizens to observe activities. The notice emphasizes music as a unifying force and honors the National Federation of Music Clubs and local musicians and organizations.
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National Federation of Music Clubs
J. O. G Johnston
Gladewater
Subscription rates and consolidation notice
Mail subscription prices listed for Texas and outside Texas with monthly, six month, and yearly options. Notice confirms consolidation with The Cladewater Times-Tribune on Nov 28 1944 and The White Oak Texan on June 1 1969.
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Texas
Cladewater Times-Tribune
White Oak Texan
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