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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1973
Page
2
Gladewater City Manager John Marshall outlines a year of progress and challenges. He notes citizen support and cooperation from the experienced city council. A $638000 tax loss was offset by revenue sharing funds of $120000 annually, sustaining services without immediate tax increases.
Two residents Florence Hutchinson 64 and Banks Hutchinson 63 died in a Gilmer home fire at 6 49 am Monday. Funeral services were held for them and burial was in Gilmer City Cemetery. Jon David King 13 died after a motorcycle crash near White Oak. Steven Cain 17 was injured but treated and released from a Longview hospital. City administrator Marshall discusses road oil shortages budgets and sewer and landfill projects in Gladewater Upshur County.
Texas leaders led by Gov. Dolph Briscoe and Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby back Constitutional Amendment One to raise legislative pay from 4800 to 15000 plus per diem and to establish 180 day odd year sessions and 60 day even year sessions. Will Davis chairs the support group with 35 civic and professional organizations backing the campaign. Commissioner Byron Tunnell resigns from the Texas Railroad Commission. Mack Wallace replaces him. He becomes Briscoe appointee two days after the resignation.
Vending industry leaders blocked a House Speaker price Daniel Jr effort to publish a 1968 legislative investigation file. Raymond B Williams and Burnie H Williams seek hearing Sept 6. A former Austin operator claims cash payoffs to a state official were made.
An Overton man lost his $700 billfold during a Shrine Circus visit and reported it to police. He returned the next night to search under his former seat and found the billfold intact with all contents. D L Blear begins his 21st year with the Gladewater Police as a longtime desk dispatcher.
The article identifies St. John in Nova Scotia as an ice free port, highlighting its year round navigability and strategic significance for shipping. It emphasizes its role in trade routes and potential economic impact for the region.
Oil Belt Farm and Ranch Club members sad face the death of Herman W. Williams on June 28 1973 a former President and agriculture leader. They commend his devotion to youth FFA and community improvement and extend sympathy to Mrs Williams and surviving children with copies to family in Gladewater Austin Midland and Dallas.
The July 17 1973 notice outlines major 1973 shifts including widow and widower benefits starting as early as age 60 with higher payments near 65, a one twelfth of 1 percent monthly increase for delays past 1970, earnings limits of 2100 dollars yearly with holdback, higher medical premiums, Medicare for disability after 24 months, dialysis coverage for under 65 workers and families, and a 3 percent or more annual automatic cost of living escalator linked to the CPI.
A reflective piece on American attitudes to freedom and hypocrisy. It notes contradictions between expensive living and humor about liver prices, and between asserting constitutional rights and criticizing Congress. The author argues these tensions illustrate how Americans value freedom and defend rights.
A correction states the football report is continued on page four. The note clarifies where to find the remainder of the story.
The renowned 55 year old former tennis champion Bobby Riggs, famed for a Mothers Day upset over Margaret Court, plans to face Billie Jean King in a high profile match at the Astrodome. He promises more rhetoric aimed at Womens Lib and rivals the sport with his provocative style.
Leach says the water plant processed 189,806,800 gallons by Sept 5, nearing last year's 256,314,800 gallon total. He notes only 65 million gallons short of 1972 usage, with one million gallons processed on Sept 4 the day rain began. The piece then shifts to a satirical, controversial monologue on gender roles and male supremacy.
The writer reflects on Labor Day as a rare long break used to tackle many projects and a stack of magazines. She recounts plans, a hang up about juggling tasks, and progress on Southern Living, Ladies Home Journal, Norman Rockwell, and Christmas plate fantasies. Caleb Pirtle III is noted as travel editor for Southern Living.
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