Faulder Capital Murder Trial Starts After Jury Pick
The 12th juror was chosen in the Joseph Stanley Faulder capital murder case as opening statements set for Monday in Longview. Dist Atty Odis Hill and defense attorney Vernard Soloman completed jury selection from 122 prospects after 13 days of questioning. Judge Marcus Vascocu scheduled testimony to begin at 9 am with the jury to be sequestered during the trial. The case involves the July 8, 1975 death of Mrs. Inez Phillips.
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Longview
Joseph Stanley Faulder
Odis Hill
Vernard Soloman
Miry
Marcus Vascocu
Faulder
Inez Phillips
Gladewater
Loyce Phillips
McKnight Calls Ad Valorem Reform a Major 1979 Issue
State Senator Peyton McKnight told the Yamboree luncheon that ad valorem taxes will dominate the next legislative session. He urged studies of the tax structure, noted past proposals like the Peveto Bill, and argued for alternative tax sources to relieve heavy ad valorem reliance. He also discussed school financing, crime policy, and upcoming constitutional amendments.
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Jimmy Brown
Gilmer
Peyton McKnight
Tyler
Dist
Yamboree
McKnight
Buck Florence
Hughes Springs
Texas
Senate
Middle East
Carter
Dolph Briscoe
Court of Criminal Appeals
Green Carpet highway progress discussed with Texas officials
Forty representatives from the Gulf Coast Highway Association met with the Texas highway Commission in Austin to hear progress on the Green Carpet route that passes through Gladewater. City Manager Tony Williams urged upgrading Highway 135 between Gladewater and Kilgore. Kilgore and Gladewater officials pressed for TDHPT plans and bids on loop 485. Williams noted final TDHPT plans and optimism for early bidding on the first quadrant beginning on Highway 271 near Pine Street to Highway 80 near McKaig Chevrolet.
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Gulf Coast Highway Association
Texas Highway Commission
Austin
Gladewater
Tony Williams
Kilgore
Williams
Gladewater Group
Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Gladewater Loop
TDHPT
Pine Street
Highway 80
Camp Fire to hold first congress in Kansas City
The 67 year history Camp Fire Girls, Inc., will convene its first congress October 27 to 30 at the Radisson-Muehlebach Hotel in Kansas City. Voting delegates are elected directly from chartered councils for the biennial meeting titled The New Day is Now, with 350 councils participating nationwide.
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Kansas City
Camp Fire Girls, Inc
Radisson-Muehlebach
Camp Fire
United States
New Owner for Local Ben Franklin Stores
Douglas Hall of Rockwall has bought the Gladewater Ben Franklin from Tommy Blankenship of Gilmer and also acquired the Mineola store. The reopened outlet is restocked with Darrell Van Holten as General Manager and Gladys Lindsey as manager. Hall already operates three other Ben Franklin locations in Dallas.
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Gladewater
Ben Franklin
Tommy Blankenship
Gilmer
Douglas Hall
Rockwall
Hall
Mineola
Blankenship
Darrell van Holten
Gladys Lindsey
Dallas
Gladewater Seeks New Sewage Plant to Meet Water Panel
A Texas Water Resources Department panel heard Gladewater officials present plans for a proposed new sewage plant. Work has progressed for years to upgrade the present facility, with construction hoped to begin within the next few years if funding is approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Water Resources Department
Gladewater
Tony Williams
Williams
Texans to Lead Oil and Gas Policy Talks
Governor Dolph Briscoe of Texas and Governor David Boren of Oklahoma will lead the oil and natural gas policy discussions with the nation’s governors at the White House Energy Production Conference in Washington DC. The two day session, opened by President Carter on November 3 and 4, will cover nuclear energy coal renewable energy outer continental shelf development and energy facility siting as part of state and federal policy dialogue.
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Austin
White House
National Governors’ Association
Dolph Briscoe
Texas
David Boren
Oklahoma
Washington, D.C
Carter
Briscoe
Boren
Clay to play at St Mark's family night supper
The Longview group Clay will perform at St Mark's Episcopal Church for Family Night Potluck Tuesday at 7 p.m in the fellowship hall. All welcome as the parish invites guests from Holly and Gay streets.
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Longview
Clay
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Holly
Bears survive early scare beat Roughnecks 35 13 homecoming
The Gladewater Bears overcame a 13 14 halftime deficit to defeat the White Oak Roughnecks 35 13 in a homecoming game. Key moments include Todd Clifton blocking a field goal at the end of the second quarter and three third quarter touchdown drives as Gladewater pulled away.
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Bears
Roughnecks
Gladewater Bears
White Oak Roughnecks
Todd Clifton
Robert Service
Moil
Quitman Bulldogs
West Rusk Raiders
Whitehouse
Wildcat
West Rusk
Wildcats
Bruins
Tammy Eikenhorst
Wilma Howell
Robert Townsend
Ronnie Gunter
Larry Lockett
Joel Stephens
Bear
David Carr
Stephens
Bobby Starr
Charles Modisette
School tax briefing covers Gladewater ISD reappraisal impact
Assessor William T. Carroll told Lions Club members that Gladewater Line Independent School District, spanning Gregg Upshur and Smith counties, covers 12 000 parcels in 125 square miles. The district’s property was reappraised by Pritchard Abbott, lowering an initial $315 million value to about $300 million after an appeal, with oil companies and royalties contributing roughly 75 percent of school tax revenue.
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William T
Bill) Carroll
Lions Club
Gladewater County Line
Gregg, Upshur
Smith
Billy Ray Johnston
Pritchard & Abbott
Johnson
Equalization Board
Carroll
Office of Educational Resources
Texas
Gladewater
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Ryan
Pontotoc
Miss
Clyde C. Cook
Jones
Carla Gamage
Mrs. Stevenson
Rhonda Hill
Roger Goode
Lavon Traughber
Mozelle Berryhill
Sissy Holcombe
Kathy Dougan
Dick Phillips
Joe Louvier
van Townsend
Valeri Arnold
Matthew Fortson
Stacey Lee McShan
Charles Meadows
Mary Jenkins
Maxelle Richardson
Carla Arnold
Nancy Blount
Jimmy Richardson
Harry Kate
Gladys LaPrade
Dewey
Inez Gray
Gay Avenue
H. L. McKaig
New Orleans
Margaret Jenkins
Margaret
Care Inn Nursing Home
Disabled American Veterans Chapter
Upshur County
Pine Acres
Ron Selman
Municipal Hospital
Russ Roebuck
Otis Greer
Dale Locektt
Gunter
Lockett
Dan Hallford
Hallford
Carr
Modisette
Roughneck
Dale Lockett
White Oak
Gregory
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