Bus Corvette crash injures dozens near Liberty City
Sunday night wreck on SH 20 left about 42 people injured with 17 hospitalized by Tuesday afternoon. A Kilgore driver Patricia Ann Shaw Mason 26 swerved to avoid a parked car, the Corvette split in half and the bus overturned. Emergency crews from multiple towns treated and transported victims and 12 ambulances assisted.
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Gladewater
SH 20
Liberty City
Ronnie Gothard
Gladewater Municipal Hospital
Continental Trailways
Shreveport
Dallas
Patricia Ann Shaw Mason
Kilgore
Overton
Longview
Tyler
Gothard
Carrie Abston
Natchez, Miss
Good Shepherd Hospital
Social Security to Boost Benefits 8 Percent in July
The administration announced an 8 percent increase for about 35 million Social Security and SSI recipients starting in July, costing $5.7 billion in 1976. The hike raises average retiree benefits to $200 for men and $193 for women, with SSI individual and couple amounts also rising.
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Washington
Casper W. Weinberger
Health Education and Welfare
Congress
Ford
Union Grove Board Discusses Workshop Costs and Teacher Pay
The Union Grove school board debated workshop expenses from $200 to $300 and considered teacher attendance incentives tied to a statewide salary increase. Truitt urged high pay for teachers as the group unanimously supported related motions. The board also approved Roy Lemars moving into the larger campus house and noted upcoming eighth and high school graduations. Regular meetings will stay at 7:30 p.m. on the third Monday of each month.
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Cooper
Truitt
Roy Lemars
Kilgore College nursing graduates receive pins in Kilgore ceremony
Graduates of the J. Malcolm- Kati Mai Crim School of Nursing at Kilgore College were pinned in a May 15 ceremony in Van Cliburn Auditorium. A capacity audience enjoyed a reception afterward as the 46 graduates, including Gladewater and other area students, were recognized for magna and summa cum laude achievements.
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J. Malcolm- Kati Mai Crim
Kilgore College
van Cliburn
Opal Stewart
R. N
Department of Nursing
Barbara Reeves
Devoria Jackson
Linda Oswalt
Betty Elliott
James Smith
Gladewater
Elizabeth
Jack) Elliott
Peace Corps
South America
Elliott
Smith
Shirley Dietz
Pat Lowe
Mary McCormick
Carol McCubbin
Mozelle McNeely
Cynthia Patterson
Melanie Robertson
Karen Rogers
Jane Steger
District awards and yearbook honors highlight school achievements
Hawley and Windell Lee among district award recipients and six project winners Rick Fail Matt Mauldin Robby Leach Debby O Bryan Joe Pyle Joe Snow. State winners include Snow Debby O Bryan and Pyle with Faith Ricky second Mauldin third. 1974 yearbook earns All Texas Honor. valedictorian Carol Bruce salutatorian Trecia Van Houten. Rotary honors Jimmy Smith Linda Sims. 1921 Kansu earthquake and cholera death toll noted.
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Ricky Fail
Matt Mauldin
Robby Leach
Debby O'Bryan
Joe Pyle
Joe Snow
Benny Head
Ricky Fair
Texas High School Press Association
Jack James
Carol Bruce
Trecia van Houten
Debra Shipp
John Floyd
GHS
Rotary
Ford
Jimmy Smith
Gladewater
Texarkana
Linda Sims
Electric Lady How to Manage Energy at Home and Work
A civic group seeks a speaker for next week about the nation’s energy challenge. The program aims to cover practical energy management at home or on the job and may feature guidance on efficient practices. Elaine Nives is noted as a potential contact.
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Electric Lady
Elaine Nives
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USL
Jerry Smith
Bobby Bernard
Edward Lawrence
Garland Clay
Hugh Bowden
Eulalia Hill
Jonn Beckworth
Russ Adams
Sharon Scurlock
Brian Hudspeth
Chamber of Commerce
Pete Progress
W. Uosher
Boston
Hancock Tower
Florida
I. M. Pei and Partners
Valley Forge
Union Grove
KC Nursing
Cupertino
Calif
Cupertino High School
Fremont Education Assn
Stewart H. McLaurin
L. L. Matthews
Kansu
China
Swepco
CMCC
Wexford
Homemaker’s Collection
Epper
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