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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1968
Page
2
The piece argues Senator Eugene McCarthy should not take an extended foreign vacation while Congress is in session. It notes he left Chicago after the Democratic convention for Cannes and suggests pay deductions for lawmakers missing work. It mentions possible World Series duties for McCarthy at a later date.
AP reports budget director sees farm price supports rising by 700 million for the year starting July 1, with public aid and Medicaid up 300 million. Navy to lay up 50 ships and eight air squadrons, Army halts Fort Campbell division activation. Critics warn such cuts jeopardize wartime needs in Vietnam.
The Greater New York Safety Council questions trust in impulses in emergencies. A wrongly opened door can lead to fatal house fires as shown in AMA News and other sources. The AMA notes common 1967 tax deduction errors and the IRS reports many amended returns. The Electric Times cites 1968 interest on the public debt at about 14 billion dollars.
In a church meeting at Friendship Baptist Church, multiple classes elected officers for the coming year. The Women’s Missionary Society and Adult Training Union selected presidents, secretaries, and committee heads, with notes on prayer and a candlelight installation service.
Editor notes wide interest in Paul Harvey as Mirror pledges to carry all three weekly columns. Two appear on the editorial page each Thursday and one on Sunday, ensuring readers receive his distinctive commentary across primes days.
The author reflects on colonial Williamsburg and its preservation with Rockefeller support, tying past civic virtue to present duty. He condemns politicians evasiveness on Vietnam, cites Humphrey and Nixon positions, and urges clear plans to withdraw and protect the republic.
The piece argues voters must demand specific Vietnam proposals from Nixon and Wallace. It criticizes token troop withdrawals and reduced bombing as election-year tactics, warns that protracted foreign entanglements breed uncertainty and death, and urges a decisive drive or withdrawal policy.
In calm air a cricket’s chirp can be heard up to two miles away. The air mass moved by the sound within the hearing radius weighs over a million tons, illustrating the immense medium through which the sound travels.
Jarvis Christian College held a continuing Secretarial Workshop with about 20 participants. Mrs. Margie Turner of Hawkins was elected president of a newly formed campus secretaries and clerical workers group. Officers include EGrace Derrick Gladewater vice president Elisa Martin Hawkins secretary Ida Davis Tyler assistant secretary Joyce Williamson Tyler treasurer Georgia Price Winona reporter Sheila Spencer Tyler assistant reporter Sue Vera Hawkins constitutional committee chair.
A two week Water Utilities Operator's School in sewage treatment will be held in Longview City Hall from October 21 to November 1 for area sewage works personnel. The Texas Engineering Extension Service at Texas A&M University sponsors the program to cover advance treatment techniques including waste composition, screening, sedimentation, sludge treatment, trickling filters, activated sludge, oxidation ponds, plant procedures, sewage analysis, and record keeping directed by Harold McElhenney.
A collection of aphorisms noting education's value over ignorance and nostalgia as selective memory. It contrasts cheerful resilience under a grumbling boss with a waiter as a symbol of understaffing.
A list of names appears in a brief notices section with no further context or events. No dates locations or actions are provided to describe a clear news item.
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