Leaders push to extend federal revenue sharing program
Upshur County officials returned from a Washington rally hopeful Congress will pass a bill to extend revenue sharing. Attendees included County Judge Everett Dean, Commissioner Charles Still, Fred Odom, and Big Sandy Mayor Jim Norman.
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Gilmer
Upshur
Washington
D. C
Congress
Everett Dean
Pet. 3
Charles Still
Fred Odom
Jim Norman
Big Sandy
Upshur County
U. S. Treasury
Ore City
West Mountain
National Association of
Texas
Jack Brooks
Beaumont
First Dist
Wright Patman
Odom
Welfare budget cut forces health service curtailment in Texas
Texas Welfare officials warn a $76 million shortfall in FY 1977 could force major health service cuts for the aged, blind and disabled if funds cannot be shifted. Proposals include halving hospital stays, ending some nursing home payments, limiting drugs, and reducing glasses, dentures and hearing aids. The legislature bans budget transfers to fix the gap. The Texas Air Control Board notes a federal funding issue.
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Raymond Vowell
State Board of Public Welfare
Dolph Briscoe
Legislative Budget Board
Wes Hjornevik
Hjornevik
Air sampling program shift and tax fraud convictions in Texas
The Air Control Board will collect air samples at 14 locations across Texas as part of a federal study, with city workers gathering data at 100 sites. Blue Cross Medicaid contract extended 60 days while audits of administrative costs may be limited. District Judge O P Carrillo received five years in prison, five years probation, and a 22000 dollar fine for filing false tax returns and faces impeachment and removal actions. his brother Ramiro Carrillo was also convicted on income tax violations and plans to appeal.
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Environmental Protection Agency
Amarillo
Beaumont
Corpus Christi
Dallas
el Paso
Fort Worth
Houston
Lubbock
Matagorda County
Pasadena
Tom Green County
Austin
San Antonio
Wichita Falls
Air Control Board
Blue Cross
State Welfare Board
O. P. Carrillo
Carrillo
Senate
Texas Judicial Qualifications Commission
Duval County
Ramiro Carrillo
Treasury
Dillard
Walton
Lion
Raymond Allen
Melvin Jenkins
Lion Irby Robinson
Lewis
Robinson
Gleason
Fall
Southwestern Electric Power Co
Harold Victory
Victory
Lions Club
Mugwump column notes local humor and future plans
In a casual column, Jerry Kate explains scaling back to one football game weekly and hints at a new Thursday feature. He discusses expanding local items into Eye Opener notices, cites Dub Murray’s hospital tests, and invites readers to submit humorous, newsy items to fuel future columns.
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Dub Murray
Doctor’s Hospital
Dallas
KEES
Dub
Kees Radio
Big Sandy musicians stage benefit concert for library
A concert by Ruth Walter and Marty Ronish from Ambassador College will support the Big Sandy Friends of the Library. The event is Tuesday December 2 at 8 p.m. in the High School Cafetorium with tickets at 1.50 for adults and 50 cents for students. Reception follows.
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Ruth Walter
Marty Ronish
Big Sandy Friends of the Library
Ambassador College Music
Ambassador Women’s Club
Ambassador College Information Center
Big Sandy
Big S&h Journal
WWWW December 1 and the Christmas rush observed
A reader reflects on the approaching holidays noting rising shopper numbers and Christmas buzz before Thanksgiving. The piece humorously critiques early holiday cheer, mentions a non existent group WWWW and jokes about wigs, hormones, and hair. It recalls a family Thanksgiving with 35 relatives and a bake of turkey humor.
CIA and Fidel Castro on the spy games and fallout beard plan
A columnist lampoons the Senate select committee on intelligence report listing alleged CIA plots against Fidel Castro. The piece jokes about bizarre beard fall plans and a bevy of spy capers while noting Texas voter rules and industry jobs.
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Senate Select Committe
Intelligence
CIA
Santa Claus
Easter Bunny
the Tooth Fairy
Smokey the Bear
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Fidel
Castro
U. S
KGB
Siberia
Congress
Turkey
Good Spykeeping Magazine
Gladewater Mirror and related editions merge history note
The Gladewater Mirror reports its publication by The Gladewater Publishing Company with home delivery and mail subscription rates. It notes consolidation with The Gladewater Times-Tribune on November 28, 1949 and The White Oak Texan on June 1, 1969.
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Mirror
Gladewater Publishing Company
Glade Avenue
Dean Street
Gladewater
Gregg County
Texas
Gladewater Times-Tribune
White Oak Texan
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ATE Capital
Lyndell Williams
Texas Air Control Board
Jerry Kate
University of Washington
Lions
Big Sandy Library
Spencer
Robin
Batman
We Want To Be Women
WWWW
Phil
Chris
Cherie
The
CIA and Fidel’s Board
Frank Church
Democratic Party
Russia
Angola
U. S. Justice Department
Walker Pharmacy
Aia Joe
Kilgore
Longview
OAK Manor Nursing Home
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