United Fund Campaign Faces Apathy In Gladewater
Gladewater Mirror warns of lack of interest in the United Fund drive and urges residents to donate a days pay to support local agencies. The front page piece calls for volunteers, notes directors' efforts, and promotes a September 8 meeting in the Green Room to rally support for groups like the Red Cross Boy Scouts and Teens Aid the Retarded.
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United Fund
Gladewater Mirror
Boy Scouts
Camp Fire Girls
Red Cross
Salvation Army
East Texas Treatment Center
Gladewater 4-H Club
Gladewater Boys’ Baseball Association
Youth Opportunities Unlimited
USC, Medical Research Foundation
Texas United Community Service
Teens Aid the Retarded
TARS
Nuns from India show cultural gap in Western nunneries
The Dallas Morning News argues that Indian girls joining Western nunneries faced language and cultural barriers. Some became nuns while others did not, with cases of mistreatment noted but not kidnapping or forced conversion. East and West remain distinct in religious practice.
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India
Dallas Morning News
Institute on Language and Learning Disabilities Held in Austin
About 200 educators gathered August 26 28 in Austin for the first Institute on Language and or Learning Disabilities. The event, sponsored by the Texas Education Agency with the U S Office of Education and Region XIII, featured top researchers and Texas officials and focused on testing methods student placement and teacher training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Johnson
Northwestern University
Corrine E. Kass
University of Arizona
Smith
J. W. Edgar
Texas
Percy William Bailey
Beaumont
Robert A Montgomery
Don L. Partridge
Joan Williams
Margaret Booker
University of Texas At Austin
Johnson
Kass
Olna Montgomery
Region XIII
ESC
Phil Miller
Texans urged to study agencies for efficiency and saving
A House Efficiency and Economy Committee urged Speaker Mutscher to form an outside expert panel to audit state agencies. A Chicago consultant's review proposed seven study teams to identify concrete tax-saving measures, with Rep. Russell Cummings noting the gap between abstract economy talk and actionable plans.
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Austin
Tex
House Committee On
Gus Mutscher
Chicago
Russell Cummings
Houston
Cummings
Union Grove Class of 45 Votes Door And Plaque
At the Union Grove reunion of the class of 1945 the group voted to place a new door on the school home making cottage and install a concrete sidewalk slab at the entrance. Both projects were completed this week and a plaque with all class members names will be added. An additional reunion is planned in five years.
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Union Grove
Del
Jean Marie) Gage
Maurice Hightower
Donald
Betty) Davis
League
James W. McGrew
Coordinating Board
Texas College and University System
MARCH
New Braunfels
John Connally
Texas
Nelda Baird
Gene Edward Beavers
Estelle Bowden
Jana Brink
Fred Carver
Jewell Fleet
Lola Mae Horne
Jean Marie Johnson
Thomasevene Johnston
Jewell Dean Kirby
Thomas Mackey
Wendel Joe McAfee
Ruby Pyle
Betty
United Fund
Governor Urges Caution for Labor Day Highway Travel
Governor Preston Smith urged Texas motorists to drive friendly during Labor Day Weekend 196? with maximum DPS patrols from Friday evening to Monday midnight. Agencies and groups will back safety through Rest Stop programs and broadcasts while predicting 49 traffic fatalities to deter travel.
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Preston Smith
Texas
Speir
Department of Public Safety Patrol
DPS
Texas Motor Transportation Association
Council of Safety
Texas Jaycee
AAA
Smith
Department of Public Safety
Bears Aim to Pack Stands for Bears Home Games
In Glade Gladewater notes the editor salutes city council effort and public service while praising the street sweepers, local programs, and a new vocational education class. The Bears football schedule includes a non conference game at Gilmer on September il with tickets available for season or single games.
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Bears
Gilmer Sept. Il
Rangerettes Debut 1970 71 Season in Shreveport Show
Kilgore College Rangerettes debut their 1970 71 line Friday at State Fair Stadium Shreveport during the Patriots Steelers NFL exhibition halftime. Under Miss Gussie Nell Davis the 48 member squad will perform high kick jazz and flag routines with Ranger Band led by Wallace Read. Captain Anne Lawrence and officers Lynne Erwin Gee Gee Clayton Denise Richard Carol Woods head the group. The Rangerettes have long appeared in Holiday in Dixie and the Dallas Cotton Bowl Classic and have been seen on national TV.
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Kilgore College Rangerette
Shreveport
State Fair Stadium
Boston Patriots
Pittsburgh Steelers
Gussie Nell Davis
Rangerettes
Kilgore College Ranger
Wallace Read
Dixie
Ranger Band
Dallas
Calendar of Fact and Opinion by Louis W. Menk
Louis W. Menk of St. Paul, president of Burlington Northern Railroad, argues for legislative reform to free railroads from archaic rules that hinder American consumers. He cites a broader economic view from the U. S. Chamber of Commerce about corporate profits and reinvestment. He notes oil discovery limits and the rarity of large deposits in wildcat wells across states.
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Louis W. Menk
St. Paul
Burlington Northern Railroad
Humble Oil & Refining Company
Vermont
Oregon
South Carolina
Texas
California
Louisiana
Gladewater Mirror Subscription Rates and History
Gladewater Mirror announces subscription prices for home delivery and mail options in Texas and out of state. It notes publication on Thursdays and Sundays, lists office address, and records consolidation with The Gladewater Times-Tribune on November 28, 1949.
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The
Gladewater Times-Tribune
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Jack Elrod
Mirror
Gladewater
United Fund Campaign
Europe
Gracian
ABC
Texas Research League
Seattle
Crawford Martin
Parks and Wildlife Department
Fredalene Clark
Neal
Glynn Johnston
East Texas
Yeller
Harriett Jean
Jerry
Smokey
Tippy
Kansas
Kates
Sissy Kates
Sissy
Matt
Jack
Harry Kates
Lake Gladewater
Jimmy Brown
Carl H. Madden
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Glade Avenue
Dean Street
Gregg County
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