Dottie West Highlights Opening of Texas Prison Rodeo
Huntsville hosts the 40th annual Texas Prison Rodeo in a $1 million stadium. The show runs Sundays in October from 2 PM with a 1 PM inmate pre show and features guest stars such as Dottie West Connie Smith Charlie Walker Waylon Jennings and Porter Wagoner. More than 300 convict riders compete with events like the Mad Scramble Calf Tussle and Wild Horse Race. Proceeds support inmate rehabilitation programs.
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Dottie West
Texas
Huntsville
The
Connie Smith
Nat Stucky
Charlie Walker
Waylon Jennings
Porter Wagoner
Crawford
Jim Batten
Texas Prison Rodeo
Texas Department of Corrections
Arkansas Woman Becomes First Female Lineman for General Telephone
Sharon Roswell, 24, of Arkansas, joins General Telephone Company of the Southwest as the first woman lineman among GTE subsidiaries. She climbs poles in Stuttgart area, wears standard gear, and aims to move into switchboard and business system work, emphasizing career with no special treatment.
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Sharon Roswell
Stuttgart
Ark
General Telephone Company of the Southwest
Arkansan
General Telephone Company of
Southwest
General Telephone & Electronics Corporation
General Telephone
Sharon
Women’s Liberation Movement
Texarkana
Tex
Arkansas
General Telephone of the
Pritchett Area Residents Visit Family and Local Events
A compilation of visits from Odessa and Tyler to Pritchett families, church updates, and Labor Day gatherings. Mentions include the Stegall, Holloway, Rash, and Ham families and local social visits across Gladewater, Tyler, Dallas, and Irving.
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Odessa
Arthur Binions
Henry Ward
Kevin
Harvey W. Stegall
Gladewater City Hospital
Myra Davis
R. D. Loyd
Charles Calhoun
Pritchett Baptist Church
Pearl Gilliam
Norman Lou Sturdivant
Ronnie Sturdivant
Cullie O’bryan
Frank Still
Clarence Husel
Vivan Holloway
Will Pruitt
Tyler
C. E. Holloway
Tom Rash
Labor Day
Bertha Humphries
Louise Ham
Dan Holloway
Dallas
Dean Holloway
Carroll Smithhart
Tracey
Leon Fatherree
Darla
Sherrie
Whitaker
Longview
Irving
Mammie Clinnard
Buster Watkins
Darren
Michelle Spencer
Cloe Spencer
Mickey Spencer
Gladewater
Ronda Williams
Jeannine Dishman
Gilmer
Cheryl Spercer
Peggy
T. P. Cowan
Mike Bates
Camille
Perry Cowan
Steven
White Oak
Anita Cowan
Debbie Proctor
Army Athletic Director Resigns for Tampa Post
West Point announces Col. Gus Dielens resigns as athletic director after 11 years of service beginning January 1969 to take the same role at the University of Tampa. The move shifts leadership in collegiate sports administration as Dielens departs post.
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West Point
N.Y
Gus Dielens
United States Military Academy
Army
University of Tampa
London
Britain
Librarians set for three September workshops in Dallas area
Barbara Martin will lead three day long sessions for librarians in the Dallas region during the last week of September. Topics include Library Services and Construction Act criteria and Texas Library Systems Act plans. Sessions occur September 28 at McKinney, September 29 at Sulphur Springs, and September 30 at Longview with 9 30 a m start.
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Dallas
Barbara Martin
Texas State Library
Field Services Division
McKinney Memorial Public Library
McKinney
Sulphur Springs
First Century Gospel Sermon at Quitman Street Church
A brief notice from Gladewater Texas promotes a sermon on Galatians 1 6 9 titled First Century Gospel. The Quitman Street Church of Christ invites attendees to hear this preaching event.
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Quitman Street
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Hoot Crawford
Pritchett
Winston-Salem
N.C
Cal Stoll
Wake Forest
Deacons
Stoll
Duffy Daugherty
Michigan State
Cash Box
Denver
Spanish Harlem
Franklin
Mercy
Ecolo
Gaye
Mena
Uncle Albert
Admiral Halsey
P. and
L. McCartney
Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio and
N. Main
Gladewater Mirror
Ben Stripling
B. F. Risinger, Jr
First Baptist Church
Stripling
Zion
Illinois
Striplings
J. A. Brownings
East Texas
Ennis
Paul Stripling
Church OF Christ
Gladewater, Texas
priLe
Tanens
West Upshur
Municipal Hospital
Pharmacies, Inc
United Gas
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