Fancy shooting for Lions Club exhibition on traffic safety
The Lions Club heard a dual program by DPS Sgt. B R Ussery and Patrolman George Reece on safe driving and accurate handgun shooting. Ussery noted 1951 vehicle inspection rules, seven million vehicles inspected yearly, and a billion-dollar annual loss from accidents. He urged strict law enforcement to cut losses.
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DPS
B. R. Ussery
Dallas
George Reece
Canton
Center
Lions Club
A. B. Nelson
Reece
Ussery
Department of Public Safety
Motor Vehicle Inspection Division
Eye Opener Cub Scouts Reorganize Pack 192
Max Heard may be contacted after 5 p.m. about reorganizing Dens 1 and 2 Pack 192. Gwynne Edge of La-Hetha-Ha Camp Fire sold 102 candy boxes by 11 a.m. Saturday after receiving her supply Friday. Mrs. Jack Finley leads the La-Hetha-Ha group. Freight transport in the U.S. is now 15 times larger than before 1900.
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Max Heard
Gwynne Edge
la- Hetha-Ha Camp Fire Group
Gwynne
Jack Finley
La-Hetha-Ha Group
Tales from the Derrick Floor oil field voices of Texas history
Review highlights Tales from the Derrick Floor as a vivid non fiction collection of first person accounts from oil field workers and local figures. The book traces gusher era anecdotes from Spindletop to Beaumont Ranger and Wichita Falls with social notes on boom towns lingo and the role of women in oil camps.
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Spindletop
Texas
Dr. Griffith
Virginia
Tyler
Annie Buchanan
Corsicana
H. C. Miller
Beaumont
Kilgore
Burkburnett
Ranger
Wichita Falls
Boatright
Owens
Grassroots Opinion on Environment by Public Service Co of Colorado
An opinion piece asserts environment as the sum of air, land, water, and living things. It argues electric utilities can improve the environment through clean power, sensible use, and responsibility, shaping a healthier future. A quip about death versus taxes quotes Dean Erwin N. Griswood of Harvard Law School.
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Public Service Company of Colorado
Congress
Erwin N. Griswood
Harvard Law School
Pettus Sister of Gladewater Woman Dies in Houston
Mrs. Virginia Alma Pettus 60 of Houston died Thursday in a Houston hospital. She was the sister of Mrs. Minnie O Neal Bramlet of Gladewater. Funeral services were held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Central Church of Christ Pasadena with Delton Hahn officiating. burial followed in San Jacinto Memorial Park Pasadena. Survivors include her mother Mrs. Catherine Myers of Houston and several relatives in Pasadena and Longview.
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Virginia Alma Pettus
Alice Lane
Houston
Minnie O'Neal Bramlet
Gladewater
Central Church of Christ At
Pasadena
Hazel Tompkins
Wilma Peterson
Melba Davidson
Jean Edmundson
John Myers
Longview
Making Waves: Post Election Analysis by Jimmy Brown
A reflective column argues Nixon won a landslide while McGovern lost and speculates on party futures. The piece mocks political tropes and suggests Democrats purge liberal wings, with blunt advice: don't nominate McGovern again.
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Jimmy Brown
Sen. McGovern
Joan Westwood
Nixon
George McGovern
South Dakota
McGovern
Massachusetts
District of Columbia
McGovern-Shriver
GOP
National Democratic Party
Democrats
GHS Band Parents Club Sets Plans After Busy Session
The November meeting in the band room was led by president C A Sangrey. Minutes were approved and a booth at the Gregg County Fair was requested with a waiting list option. Fundraisers were discussed, address label orders circulated, and a Community Club Awards participation vote approved. Next meeting is December 7 at 7 30 p m in the band room.
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GHS Band Parents Club
C. A. Sangrey
Gregg County Fair
Fall Cleaning Blues and Wardrobe Woes
A reflective column on fall cleaning and wardrobe mischief. The author muses on yard work, house chores, and the endless cycle of sorting clothes, finding little to wear, and the curb appeal of a half clean home.
Minter Enrolls in Automotive Tech at State Tech Waco
Gladewater student Jim Minter joins Texas State Technical Institute in Waco for the fall term in Automotive Technology. State Tech, part of TSTI, operates at James Connally Campus and other campuses in Harlingen Amarillo and Sweetwater now in its sixth year.
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Waco
Jim Minter
Gladewater
Texas State Technical Institute
Texas
Minter
State Tech
James Connally
Saturn Year Length Compared With Earth
Scientists note Saturn's orbital period around the sun is about 29.5 Earth years, making its year roughly thirty times longer than Earth's. Measurements align with planetary motion data from telescope observations and space probes.
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Saturn
Earth
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