Gladewater Deploys First City Breathalyzer
The Gladewater Police Department acquires a $1,900 breathalyzer unit approved by Gregg County and will begin using it immediately. Three officers—Set. Bill Wells Sgt. Alvin Parker and Officer Richard Morris—are certified to operate it with Highway Patrol support. The device, maintained by the Texas Department of Public Safety, aims to ensure accurate results for DWI cases and keep tests in county court.
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Gladewater
Richard Morris
Bill Wells
William Parker
Eddie Anderson
Gregg
Jay Banks
Alvin Parker
Texas Department of Public Safety
Longview
Banks
Judge Denies Lower Bond in Capital Murder Attempt Case
Gilmer District Judge Virgil Mulanax refused to reduce bond for Virgil Boyd McCuller 32 of Sims charged with attempted capital murder for the July 25 shooting of Jimmy Leon Hobbs 30 of Longview. McCuller testified he could post about 5000 of a 50000 bond while his attorney called the bond excessive. the district attorney argued for 100000. Heard said he would appeal.
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Gilmer
Virgil Mulanax
Virgil Boyd McCuller
McCuller
Sims
Jimmy Leon Hobbs
Longview
115Th District
Harry Heard
Welby K. Parish
Heard
Editor's Quote Book on Leadership and Criticism
A concise quotation from Royal Alcott defines leadership as initiating and directing endeavors for outcome, while labeling all other commentary as criticism from janitors. The remark frames leadership as purpose driven action versus idle critique.
Sign Of The Times Sign in bakery shop
A bakery display sign proclaims if their bread were any fresher it would be insulting. The witty slogan emphasizes the shop's confidence in its daily loaves.
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Sign of the Times
Paperless banking planned by Texas bankers group
The Texas Bankers Association endorses a computer based system to credit and debit accounts eliminating paper checks. The plan, developed by Southwestern Automated Clearing House Association, aims to curb the ten billion dollars yearly cost of check processing. By year end 1976 most U S bank customers could be involved as banks recruit in October and hold November briefings. Also noted is U S imports ranking second to West Germany in agricultural goods.
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Austin
Texas Bankers Association
Southwestern Automated Clearing House Association
United States
American Express
West Coast
U. S
Gladewater Housing Survey Seeks Local Input on Homes
City asks residents about age, income, housing type, and plans for renting or buying in spring 1976. The questionnaire requests marital status, household size, ownership status, mobility thoughts, and awareness of Farmers Home Administration and Savings and Loan programs.
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Farmers Home Administration
Church marks 125th year in Kilgore observance planned
Kilgore’s First Presbyterian Church begins a 125th anniversary program with monthly events through May 1976 including a Danville church picnic, a heritage fair in February, and a May visit by Dr. Paul M. Edris moderator of the U S Presbyterian General Assembly. Notable programs feature organ recitals by William Teague, a January pulpit visit by Rev J Howard Edington, and a March tribute to pastor emeritus D Shirley Guthrie. The theme aligns with the Bicentennial year and includes an April musical Testament of Freedom and Song of Democracy.
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Kilgore
First Presbyterian Church
Danville
Gum Spring
Paul M. Edris
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
U. S
William Teague
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Centenary College
Shreveport
J. Howard Edington
D. Shirley Guthrie
Tax turn on a satirical look at federal spending
A satirical monologue mocks President Ford and Congress over proposed tax cuts and spending, imagining absurd agency names and unrestricted cash handouts. It riffs on a fantasy scenario where Congress resists raises and explores wild bureaucratic schemes like F L A B and D U M P and W A S T E.
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Ford
Congress
Senate
CIA
Fragmented clippings sketch quirks from 1970s era papers
A collage covers a mix of notes and oddities from various locales including Texas constitution talk, a foot kissing assault in San Antonio, a Maine NOW Day, Florida alligator counts, Michigan campus rental schemes, luxury catalogs from Dallas, a naked waiter arrest in Los Angeles, and ETSU homecoming nods to 1925 seniors.
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Texas
San Antonio
Nebraskaland Magazine
Nebraska
Bangor
Maine
Daily News
National Organization of Women
East Lansing
Mich
Michigan State University
Dallas
Utah
Neiman- Marcus
Los Angeles
PD hires two officers to join Gladewater Police
David Wendell Towery a 27 year old former Gregg County juvenile probation officer from Longview has been hired as a patrolman to fill Patrolman Bill Brown's position in Gladewater Police Department. Towery is an East Texas Police Academy graduate and Kilgore College police science major. Patrolman Michael Eakin has returned to fill Ricky Sutton's vacancy after graduating from the East Texas Police Academy and serving six months on the force.
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Gregg County
Gladewater
David Wendell Towery
Longview
Bill Brown
Brown
Towery
H. P. Wood
East Texas Police Academy
Kilgore College
Michael Eakin
Ricky Sutton
Eakin
Gladewater Publishing Deals With Local Subscriptions
Gladewater paper shows publishing cadence Thursday and Sunday under The Gladewater Publishing Company with postal rates for home delivery and mail in Texas and outside. The notice notes prepaid subscriptions and consolidations with The Gladewater Times Tribune in 1949 and The White Oak Texan in 1969.
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Gladewater Publishing Company
Glade Avenue
Dean Street
Gladewater
Gregg County
Texas
Gladewater Times-Tribune
White Oak Texan
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Uae
Eae Teat
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Royal Alcott
West Germany
McCulloch
McCullochs
Forrest Tucker
Max Baer
Julie Adams
Janice Heiden
D.j.mccul
Bete Film Industries
Americanionat Pictures
Keith Wilkes
Moviesat
Gingham
Poly & Cotton Reg
Housing Survey
P.o
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Veterans Administration
Savings and Loan
Caligula
Federal Labor Administration Board
F.L.A.B
World Activist Service Team Entity
W.A.S.T.E
S.L.U.M
Department of Urban Manpower Production
D.U.M.P
Sulphur Springs News- Telegram
East Texas State Teachers College
East Texas University
ETSU
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