Library picks feature Tudor queen and frontier family tales
Gladewater Public Library adds I Am Mary Tudor by Hilda Lewis and Ancestors by William Maxwell with a 1818 Illinois Territory voyage. Also new is A Report from Group 17 by Robert OBrien about espionage and intrigue linked to Mount Vernon.
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Henry VIII
England
Mary Tudor
Hilda Lewis
Gladewater
Henry
Mary
Bloody Mary
William Maxwell
Mr. Maxwell
Robert ©. O’brien
Mount Vernon
Stephens College grants degrees in 137th commencement
Miss Sarah Yardley Auclair of Gladewater earned an Associate in Arts from Stephens College in Columbia Missouri. The 137th commencement awarded about 565 A A degrees and around 180 Bachelor of Arts and 60 Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees. American Broadcasting Company journalist Marlene Sanders gave the address. Dr Seymour A Smith presided. Activities included a horse show play and a fashion show with a parents lunch and golf tournament.
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Columbia
Sarah Yardley Auclair
Sally Craig Auclair
W. Upshur
Gladewater
Stephens College
Stephens
Marlene Sanders
American Broadcasting Company Television
Seymour A. Smith
Stephens Playhouse
Suffrage Crusade Demands Equal Pay for Women
In Frankfurt, West Germany, female trade unionists press for equal wages and improved promotion prospects for 9.6 million women workers. They cite wage gaps with women averaging $1.51 per hour versus $2.17 for men.
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Frankfurt
Germany
West Germany
A nostalgic highway detour through old town delights
The narrator recalls stopping at roadside stands and stores along Highway 80, from a homemade candy shop to a Sugar Bowl near schools. He recalls Marshall's lime Cokes, four hundreds chocolate milk, a penny candy treasure hunt, and a Main Street dance floor juke box era that sparked romances and weddings.
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Main Street
Joe Marshall
Joe
Nixon Russia summit leads to wary diplomacy and jokes
A humorous reflection on Nixon's Moscow visit noting snags in arms limits and Vietnam talks. The piece mocks media reception and imagines post treaty spy unemployment while contrasting U.S. free politics with Soviet control and the high stakes of power in Cold War diplomacy.
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Nixon
Vietnam
U.S.S.R
U.S
James Bond
Red China
America
Gladewater
Russia
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Iits
Hewitt Feed & Seed
Tyler Highway
Territory of
Illinois
National Endowment
Washington, D.C
Walls
Antlers
Okla
Cambridge City
Ind
Lincoln High School
Gulf Oil Company
Johnsons
McAlester
Sarah Auclair
Believes
Kennedy
Robert
Beckworths
Waldorf Astoria
New York
Beckworth
Lyndon B. Johnson
Baylor University
Johnson
Taft
Dallas
The
First State Bank
Gladewater, Texas
FDIC
Will
Fredrich
Weiser
N. Main Gladewater
Pat Boone
David Wilkerson
Erik Estrada
Jackie Giroux
WGN
Directed By
Don Murray
Echni
Johnny Cash
Gladewater Mirror
Gladewater Publishing Company
Glade Avenue
Dean Street
Gregg County
Texas
Ly Mail
Gladewater Times-Tribune
White Oak Texan
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