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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1968
Page
2
The piece surveys mixed reactions to the Democratic convention in Chicago. It notes a dynamic keynote by Senator Daniel Inouye, widespread comments that the event could affect the election, and reports of clashes between demonstrators and police. It reflects skepticism about the campaign and doubts over Humphrey’s backing.
The piece links rising welfare costs in California and New York to a looming fiscal crisis with 2.4 million recipients in these two states and a projected $4.5 million welfare bill next year. It notes New York welfare up 40 percent in 1966 1967 and California welfare doubling in five years. Medicaid dominates budgets with California earmarking $946 million for medical aid. A New York official warns welfare growth is overwhelming cities and states.
In Waterville Minnesota a grassroots opinion piece argues crime can be halted only by justice that is swift and sure. It calls for quick arrest prompt prosecution and punishment proportional to the crime and urges each generation to extend the freedoms of the Bill of Rights as America’s heritage.
Gladewater Public Library adds House and Garden Plans Guide and Better Homes and Gardens Home Furnishings Ideas 1968. New periodicals on homes, Electronics Hobbyist 1968 with items like shotgun signal generator and auto siren burglar alarm. Also Coleridge and Big Bend Panorama, Nina Bawden novels, Sam Houston adventure, Kate Wilhelm sci fi, and Hillary Waugh mystery The Eighth Mrs Bluebeard.
A West Brookfield Cemetery gravestone in Massilon, Ohio, draws attention from the Massilon Evening Independent. The piece recalls a historic line: Five score years ago our forefathers were engaged in a.
The notice recalls William Evans and his brother Johnny joining Company K Pennsylvania Volunteers Cavalry during the Civil War. They enlisted together and faced separation as William was summoned for Army duty while Johnny struggled with the idea.
East Texas Magazine honors Robert Cargill of Longview as Man of the Month and Volunteer Industrial Developer of the Year. The Longview business and civic figure, active in oil and gas, education boards, Boy Scouts, and regional development, receives praise from President Johnson and extensive community service credits.
Certificates from the Texas State Library honor readers who completed at least twelve books in the Gladewater Public Library Texas Reading Club. The youngest is four year old Paula Gabriel Frank Vrsic. Van Endel completes seven years in the summer program. Recipients include Burnetta Arden, Donalyn Audas, Benjamin Bright, Carol Bruce, Connie Bennett and many more.
Bobby Sharp the Gladewater ace golfer won his second tournament in as many weeks by firing a 4 under 276 to capture the Hilltop Country Club Invitational Golf Tourney at Troup. The event closed after 72 holes with Sharp as champion.
Second Class Wilmar C. Shirey of Milligan Florida serves aboard the heavy cruiser USS Boston off North Vietnam aiding in intercoastal supply disruption and shelling Highway No. One near Tinh Ha Tinh Province. Seaman Walter R. Peterson III of Longview serves aboard USS Monmouth County in the Mekong Delta. the ship won the E for battle efficiency and has assisted in unloading tens of tons of cargo and delivering Army medical teams to Danang.
Loise Graves notes W D Morgan of West Mountain as a major regional watermelon grower on 100 acres supplying Jubilee Striped and Charleston Gray melons to Chicago Salt Lake City and Gulf Coast markets. The piece also mentions Electra Malone donating a painting to Glade water fundraiser and county road marking efforts by Upshur County committees.
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