Local students named National Merit semi finalists
Gladewater High School senior Logan Ashby and former GHS student now at LeTourneau College Longview Charles Ben McKenzie are named semi finalists and commendation recipient in the National Merit Scholarship Program. Ashby advances in a pool of about 15 000 semi finalists competing for roughly 3800 scholarships next spring. McKenzie earned a certificate of commendation for performance on the preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test which qualifies him for the program.
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Logan Ashby
Gladewater
Charles Ben McKenzie
GHS
LeTourneau College
Longview
Ashby
Wanda Ashby
City
T. N. Ashby
McKenzie
Ben McKenzie
Community Pressure Over Loop 485 Plans Sparks Frustration
Local leaders criticize the highway department for excluding Loop 485 from active plans while funding goes to projects in Longview Tyler and Kilgore. Williams former Mayor Johnston and Roy Johnson of the chamber note money problems but insist on accountability and equity in regional priorities. The item also traces church land history and remarks from Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. about action and duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter
City
Chamber of Commerce
THC
Joop
Williams
Gladewater
Highway Department
Loop 485
Kilgore
O.G. Johnston
Longview
Tyler
Roy Johnson
Naval threat outlined by Cmdr Mills to Rotarians
Cmdr Ab Mills, Dallas district U S Navy Recruiting Command commander, warned Rotarians that the Soviet naval buildup since 1953 threatens global sea lanes and could isolate the United States. He cited 350 plus Soviet submarines, 1 600 plus ships, and extensive shipyard output along with economic penetration via a large merchant fleet and fishing trawler fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navymen
Ab Mills
U.S. Navy Recruiting Command
Dallas
Rotary Club
Jimmy Brown
U.S
Cdr
U.S. Navy
Joe Stone
Stone
Mills
Ussr
Moscow
Japan
Cdr. Mills
ETCOG hears Rep Hall outline two months in Washington
US Rep Sam B Hall Jr spoke to ETCOG directors describing his first two months in Washington. He praised Congress as honest and dedicated while urging fiscal restraint and cutting spending. He also urged offshore oil development to reduce dependence on OPEC and criticized the Health Planning Act as government overreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quitman
East Texas Council of Governments Board of Directors
Sam B. Hall, Jr
Marshall
Washington
Hall
ETCOG
Bill Owens
Upshur
Charles Still
Rains County
Cecil B. Johnston
Rusk
Morris Hassell
Carthage
Ethan Birdwell
Jefferson
King Sain
Gilmer
Ralph Byman
Tyler
J. R
Bob) Montgomery
the Mirror
John Tower
Senate
U. S. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare
OPEC
U. S
Madeleine
East Texas Council] of Governments Board of Directors
Baanbeall and Marshall
Gladewater Mirror publication details and pricing
Gladewater Mirror published twice weekly at Gladewater Texas with home delivery and mail subscription rates. It lists post office details, consolidation dates with The Gladewater Times-Tribune and The White Osk Texan, and subscription costs by region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mirror
Gladewater Publishing Company
Glade Avenue
Dean Street
Gladewater
Gregg County
Texas
Gladewater Times-Tribune
White Osk Texan
Great Debate blacked out under live TV glare
In Philadelphia the 1976 Great Debate between Carter and Ford stalled as the audio cut out for 28 minutes. The telecast drew about 100 million viewers while reporters and anchors scrambled to fill the silence and salvage the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Philadelphia
Jimmy Carter
Jerry Ford
Harry Reasoner
Howard K. Smith
David Brinkley
John Chancellor
Carter and Debaters Mocked In Mock Debate Satire
In a satiricalCOLUMN, the writer jabs at Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford over Playboy interview fallout. The spoof debate lampoons political banter and television theatrics as the nation debates issues and media spin.
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Bill Langford
Austin
South Quadrant
North Quadrant
Eliza
John Ross
Bro. E. L. Lockett
St. James
Red Rock
New Hope Baptist Church
St. James Church
The
Supreme Court
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr
W.L. Bryant
Navy
Russ
Rep. Hall
Wright Patman
House
Congress
Mineola
Ralph Bruner
Henderson County
Winston Reagan
Marshall City
Bill Burns
van Zandt
Richard Ray
Rusk County
Talmadge Mercer
Gregg
Ralp Bruner
Mineola City
Fredalene Clark
Playboy
Mr. Carter
Russia
Carter
Hugh Hefner
Reynolds Aluminum Company
Steve
Ivy Hudson
FTA
Venus
Ford
South
Playboy Magazine
Billy
Westbrook
D.P.M
Marshall Avenue
Constable
L. R. Garner
Pol. Adv
L R Garner
Kilgore, Tex
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