Texas Legislature Set to Start With 77 House and 15 Senate Newcomers
The State Legislature convenes January 9 with 77 new House members and 15 new Senate members. Dolph Briscoe will become governor, Bill Hobby will lead the Senate, Price Daniel will be House Speaker, and party and demographic shifts promise a liberal House and a conservative Senate. Betty Andujar becomes a Republican woman senator joining Barbara Jordan as the chamber's only Black member in a broadened GOP presence. Governor Smith seeks $91.2 million in additional federal social service funds.
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Stablelights seeks federal match for social services funds
The article notes Stablelights securing million-dollar federal matching funds in Q4 of the 1972 fiscal year for social services to eligible Texans. It argues services were delivered year round and the state deserves reimbursement for all quarters, shaping future tax and spending decisions.
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Texas Research League
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Father of local teacher dies in Gilmer Saturday
Cecil Harris aged 66, father of Mrs. Lawrence Woodle of the high school faculty, died at his Gilmer home from a heart attack. Funeral services were held at Latch Baptist Church with Rev. Finis Chamberlain and Rev. Tullis Wade officiating. Harris, a native of Robinson County, lived in Upshur County most of his life and worked as a Soil Conservation Service engineer and rancher. He is survived by his wife Mayvon, one grandson David Woodle, two sisters in Houston, and pallbearers listed.
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Gilmer
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the Latch Baptist Church
Finis Chamberlain
Tullis Wade
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Soil Conservation Service
Mayvon
David Woodle
Gladewater
Mattie Tate
Billie Manville
Houston
Wayne Thompson
Ted Chamberlain
Donnie Chamberlain
Gilbert Thompson
Rhomes Dunkley
Gary Langford
Gladewater Notes On Pear Prices Depot And Centennial Plans
The column protests a pear price rise, notes civic action on the SOD depot, and previews Gladewater’s 1973 Centennial events. The author mentions a tasting bee by the Chamber of Commerce women, and recounts starting an oil painting class with cautious self-critique.
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Gladewater
Three area youths attend Texas State Tech in Waco
James E. Campbell son of Mr and Mrs James Campbell Route 1 Winona Clinton Warren son of Mr and Mrs J G Warren Route 1 Winona and Randy Russell son of Mr and Mrs Cue Russell Hawkins are students for the fall trimester at the Texas State Technical Institute in Waco James and Clinton study Automotive Maintenance while Randy enters Agricultural and Industrial Equipment Mechanics program at the states first technical vocational training center
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Texas State Technical Institute
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Making Waves by Jimmy Brown
A satirical column mocks news priorities amid election coverage and major events. It riffs on oddities like a London subway dormouse tale, Raquel Welch suing director Herbert Ross, a boot theft case, and student duel with custard pies, finishing with Panama Canal traffic milestones.
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French Riviera
Interpol
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Postage Rates and Subscriptions Clause
Second class postage paid at Gladewater Texas 75647 Home Delivery 1.05 per month By Mail in Texas 1.25 per month 5.00 for six months 8.50 per year Outside Texas 1.50 per month 6.00 for six months 10.00 per year All mail subscriptions payable in advance Consolidated with The Gladewater Times Tribune Nov 28 1949 and The White Oak Texas June 1 1969.
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