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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1971
Page
2
A reader critiques four amendments on the May 28 ballot. Prop 1 would create a nine member ethics commission reducing voter control, Prop 2 seeks to raise welfare spending and reform, Prop 3 aims at water bonds and state water distribution, and Prop 4 covers remaining amendments. The piece urges careful reading and voting against hidden agendas.
Luigi Barzini’s Good Essay Collection About Famous Italians From Caesar to the Mafia surveys 21 essays on figures such as Julius Caesar Casanova Mussolini and the Mafia. Barzini captures essence in concise prose and offers sharp observations on power fate and history.
Three year old Michelle McCambridge of Melrose Park Illinois has been named Patient of the Year for the Shriners Hospitals For Crippled Children Chicago Unit representing the 22 hospitals across North America. Announcement was made by Lee B Townley of Murat Shrine.
James Corbett Ragsdale 76 of Hawkins died at 4am at a Gladewater hospital after a lengthy illness. Funeral services are at 2 pm Sunday in the First Christian Church of Big Sandy with Rev. Chester Gleason officiating. Burial in Hawkins Cemetery under Malcolm Stone Funeral Home. Survived by wife Ruby two sons Gene New Orleans and Carl Garland a daughter Mrs Carlene Farnbrough Alamogordo two sisters Mrs Pauline Arrett Irving nine grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. honorary deacons and elders of Hawkins First Christian Church.
An army chaplain reports that fewer than five percent of U S service members overseas hear from their churches and urges congregations to keep in touch with their young men in uniform. The column blends quips on life, modern women, driving, and social commentary.
Milwaukee pastor Rev. John H. Baumgaertner discusses Friends in the Underground Church in a new Augsburg Publishing House book. He describes a diverse group of early believers including slaves tradesmen and tentmakers facing persecution and possible death for their faith.
Patrick Dennis follows Auntie Mame with Paradise set in Acapulco where an earthquake storm and landslides strand an unusual group at an inn. Two TV producers chase a sensational story as Liz Parkhurst Martinez Salvador Martinez Rex Roman and other characters confront danger and dreamlike violence. Hillary Waugh presents The Shadow Guest moving to London where a premonition of tragedy haunts Howard and Angela leading to a country rest that turns gothic. Duncan Emrich and I B Ohlsson compile The Nonsense Book a delight for older readers and a revelation for younger audiences with a broad family appeal.
A traveler plans a return to the U S dollar’s base in Europe and a bit of archaeology to recover long-lost dollars. He laments shifts from American leadership to international finance, notes Berlin's Wall as a tyranny symbol, and hopes to visit Scandinavia’s Denmark Sweden and Norway for culture and scenery.
A sentimental column recalls high school band days in Claremore and travels in Europe. The author celebrates band friends, mentors, and memories, contrasts old times with today, and jokes about American tourists and East Texas roots. He sketches post band life and a longing to home.
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