Surprise of the 70's: Drucker predicts economic shocks
The Gladewater Mirror reviews Peter Drucker in Harper's Magazine. He foresees 1970s with population shifts, a fading youth culture, rising center age, job growth needed for more workers, and a return to traditional economic worries driven by productivity and capital.
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Harper's Magazine
Peter F Drucker
Harper's
Welal
Drucker
Mr Drucker
Mr. Drucker
I'S
Calendar of Fact and Opinion Distressing crime rates from FBI report
A distressing fact notes that the FBI reports a crime of violence each year. Burglary, larceny, car theft, robbery, rape and murder occur at frequent intervals, illustrating the price of civilization in a stark ledger.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Fire Hurts editor urges daily fire prevention
Harold Potts and his firefighting crew stress Fire Prevention Week message that prevention must be daily. The piece cites the Great Chicago Fire and national sympathy, then warns most fires stem from careless acts and unattended supervision. It urges people to correct habits to avoid heartache and financial loss.
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Harold Potts
Chicago
New 1H Draft Classification Proposed by Selective Service
The 1H deferment category would hold most 18 year olds until their birth year lottery numbers are drawn. The 1Y class would be abolished and new rules for exemptions hearings aim to prevent systemic clogging while ensuring fair representation. Temporary physical disqualifications would place men in 1ARI as cases are adjudicated.
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Washington
Ballot order set for 14 Texas amendments in 1972 election
The Austin highlights list 14 proposed constitutional amendments to appear on the November 7 ballot. Items include a constitutional convention, four year terms for top officials, higher state bond interest ceilings, a $3,000 homestead tax exemption for seniors, gender equality, and allowances for state employee service on local boards. Democrats elect new chairman after a brief, orderly dispute.
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Austin
Lamar County
Justices of the Peace
Soil and Water Conservation District
Hire the Veteran and You Hire Experience
A Dallas meeting of the State Democratic Executive Committee chose Roy Orr over John C White as SDEC chief by a razor thin margin. Orr succeeds Dr. Elmer Baum as SDEC chief until the 1972 state party convention, pledging cooperation with all factions.
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Dallas
Democratic Executive Committee
Roy Orr
O DeSoto
Preston Smith
Agriculture
John C. White
Orr
White
SDEC
Elmer Baum
Austin
State Supreme Court
Foreign aid debate prompts political theater and UN talk
A presidential candidate suspends campaigning to scrutinize foreign aid amid congressional pushback and threats to seek UN review. The speech denounces aid, mocks American taxpayers, and cites a spoof UN report from the BLUNDER group, urging fair treatment of nations while warning against buyable friendships.
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United Nations
U.S
U.N
Ralph Nader
Congress
America
Golly
Foreign Affairs Institute
B.L.U.N.D.E.R
Neches Saline Paper Donated to Texana Collection
The Gladewater Public Library honors East Texas items with a Texana Collection gift. Truett Latimer presented Archaeological Report 21 on Neches Saline Smith County from 1820 to 1870, detailing Civil War salt production and local methods. The Harroun Site pamphlet from UT archaeology adds further East Texas history.
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Neches Saline
Smith County
East Texas
Gladewater
John Ben Shepperd, Jr
Ellen Bauman
Texas State Historical Survey Committee
Truett Latimer
Austin
Bullard
Lake Valestine
Confederacy
Neches Saline Smith County
Texas
Latimer
Harroun
Upshur
Harroun Site
Edward B. Jeks
Curtis D. Tunnel
Department of Anthropology
University of Texas
Cypress Creeek
John Ben Shepperd
Nineteen Knives and Small Town Memories From Claremore
The author recalls cleaning kitchen drawers and counting nineteen knives with personal ties to family and friends. Memories weave through Tulsa County sidewalk knife sellers, Oklahoma connections, and baking aromas from a Claremore bakery near the newspaper office during World War II. Back alleys, sidewalks, and skating in childhood are celebrated as relics of a simpler era.
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Oklahoma
Tulsa County
Red O'Brien
Neenie
Eloise Hearnsberger
Dewey Ruggles
Claremore
Eye Opener Continued and Local Arts Notes
The page notes nightly services at 7 30 p m with Rev Don Puckett inviting the public. Oak Manor Nursing Home gifts memorials to the Gladewater Public Library for S A Hamil and Emma Lee Sanders. Kilgore College hosts a Student Art Show in the Applied Arts Building displaying works by Gladewater and Gilmer area students. In England police carry whistles not guns prompting a quip about shouting Halt or I ll toot.
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Don Puckett
Oak Manor
Gladewater
S. A. Hamil
Emma Lee Sanders
Kilgore College
Applied Arts
Joe Burney
Frankie McCown
Mary Lou’ Brinkley
Marshal Herron
White Oak
Elaine Speir
Gilmer
England
Bill Mullins Wins UT Scholarship in Petroleum Land Management
Nine University of Texas students in the Petroleum Land Management Program received scholarships totaling 5000 from five oil firms and the American Association of Petroleum Landmen. Donors included Union Oil Sun Oil Getty Amoco and Continental. William D Mullins of Gladewater was a recipient.
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Austin
University of Texas
College of Business Administration
American Association of Petroleum Landmen
AAPL
Union Oil Company of California
Sun Oil Company
Getty Oil Company
Amoco Production, Inc
Contineral Oil Company
UT Austin
William D
Bill) Mullins
L. D. Mullins
Gladewater
Gladewater Mirror staff and publication details noted
The notice lists staff roles including General Manager Advertising Director Jack Elrod and Women's Editor Fredalene Clark with Harriett Walton noted. Subscription rates are provided for Home Delivery and Mail to Texas and outside Texas. The paper is consolidated with The Gladewater Times Tribune and The White Oak Texan on specified dates.
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Jack Elrod Howe
Cansus Ods
Ceeachor
Fredalene Clark
Harriett Walton
Gladewater Times-Tribune
White Oak Texan
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