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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1968
Page
2
The Mirror will carry all three weekly Paul Harvey columns with two appearing on the editorial page each Thursday and one on Sunday, reflecting wide reader interest.
Inflation shrinks the dollar by about four cents yearly while government spending and higher wages without productivity push prices higher. The piece urges prudent saving and wise investing to beat erosion, noting stocks as a hedge and banks offering higher rates. It warns against schemes promising something for nothing and calls for smarter future generations.
Governor John Connally designates Sunday, November 17 as Safety Sunday urging Texans to embrace moral responsibility for reducing accidents. He cites 3,367 traffic deaths and 205,308 injured last year with an economic loss near 793 million dollars. The Texas Safety Association backs the campaign for fall and winter traffic safety. Clergy and civic leaders are asked to join in promoting prevention at home and on highways.
Al Neuharth praises open dialogue between generations while urging media to bridge the communication gap. He notes teen-agers resist broad labels and warns adults not to stereotype all who are grown. The piece urges mutual understanding to keep society stable.
A lively snippet notes a man with extensive correspondence and one phone and three daughters. Our Girl Friday jokes about loving a plant collector while a man keeps up with a new car yet has not paid a newsboy in six weeks.
The last flea circus in Europe, once in Copenhagen at Tivoli Gardens, has closed due to a shortage of trained performers. No more such acts remain on the continent.
Archbishop Hieronymos of Athens abolishes mandatory payments to priests for officiating at weddings funerals baptisms and other services. Christians may donate as they see fit with funds to be distributed between the church and its personnel. The second fragment on infant communication is unrelated filler.
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