Billboard removal plan eyed to clear highways
Editorial notes that 800000 roadside billboards remain illegal since the 1965 Highway Beautification Act and only 334 have been removed. DOT estimates 11000 years to finish, unless funding and legislation allow buyouts funded from the highway trust fund. Douglas T Snarr and John Volpe push a buyout plan, facing hurdles and opposition from the biggest billboard owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conservation News
National Wildlife Federation
Department of Transportation
DOT
John Volpe
Utah
Douglas T. Snarr
Volpe
Highway Trust Fund
Opinion roundup cites Teague on foreign drug laws and prison facts
The Huntington Herald Press notes Congressman Teague of California warns young travelers about foreign drug laws. He cites 522 Americans in overseas prisons and a Spanish case of a youth jailed for hashish. He calls prisons in many countries inhumane and highlights harsher foreign penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Ind
Herald-Press
Congressman Teague
California
United States
Teague
Gregg Mental Health Program Is Discussed
Longview attorney William C. Martin III outlines the work of mental health groups in Gregg County. He notes LMHA funding comes mainly from the Longview Junior Service League and highlights collaboration with the Gregg County Association for Retarded Children and the East Texas Council on Alcoholism. He cites rising U.S. mental illness, limited services due to funding, and urges Rotarians to support county-wide LMHA expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longview
William C. Martin III
Gregg County
Robert Hugman
Martin
Davidson College
University of Texas
Longview Mental Health Association
Junior Service League
LMHA
Gregg County Association For Retarded Children
East Texas Council On Alcoholism
Th Gregg
Harrison County Commissioners Court
Gladewater
Kilgore
U.S
U. S
William C. Martin Ili
Rotary Club
TPA Sets 20th Ad Convention in Waco
Texas newspapers and top admen will be honored at the 20th Annual Texas Press Association Advertising Convention in Waco at the Hilton Inn. Speakers include Jim Sirbasky Dwight Thomas Floyd Hatfield Tommie Suits and Ross Rommel with a program on advertising sales prompts and traffic safety. A Friday board meeting precedes the event with George W. Hawkes presiding. Entertainment at luncheon will feature excerpts from Gwyneth Sewell’s Review 70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Texas Press Association
Waco
Hilton Inn
Ellie Hopkins
Longview News-Journal
TPA
Jim Sirbasky
Success Motivation Institute, Inc
Dwight Thomas
Waco News-Tribune
Floyd Hatfield
Goldstein-Migel Company
Waco Graphic Arts Supply
Ross Rommel
Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee
Austin
Roger Francis
Connally Tech
J. C. Chatmas Jr
Marlin Democrat
TPA Board of Directors
George W. Hawkes
Arlington Citizen-Journal
Gwynneth Sewell
Tales from the Derrick Floor and other library picks
Glade water Public Library highlights Tales from the Derrick Floor by Mody C Boatright and William A Owens a people s history of the oil industry. Also noted are Readers Encyclopedia of World Drama and Hotel Belvedere by Elizabeth Corbett with Norah Lofts Lovers All Untrue and other literary works arriving for the John Ben Shepperd Texana Collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mody C. Boatright
William A. Owens
Gladewater Public Library
Hotel Belvedere
Florence Field
Darrel Able
John Gassner
Edward Quinn
John Ben Shepperd, Jr
Norah Lofts
Hodgepodge by Fredalene Clark
Column writer Fredalene Clark laments a busy desk and brain fog as she muses on self-improvement amid a rainy Friday night football matchup. Gladewater and Henderson fans braved the weather to witness a game described as one of Bear country’s best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredalene Clark
Gladewater
Henderson
Bears
New London
Mesquite
GHS
Bear
M. L. Parkerson
Phillip Hearnsberger
Sam Houston State University
John Linden
Mirror
John
Oklahoma
Cleveland
Okla
Price
Grant Price
Peggy
Marcia Helen Nichols
Pride
Mary Will Price
Lois
Mary Will
Ned Jordan
Ned
Kansas University
Caroline Milner
Bill
H.J
Bald eagle may become extinct warns National Audubon Society
National Audubon Society reports only 12 000 to 15 000 bald eagles remaining in the United States with Alaska housing most. DDT and dieldrin threaten eggshells and reproduction while guns and bulldozers reduce numbers. article notes Alaska bears and high school community life in unrelated sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
United States
U. S
Texas
National Audubon Society
U.S
Alaska
Veterans Q and A on GI Bill and VA benefits explained
Editor notes veterans and families have many questions about VA benefits. Answers cover GI Bill payments for students with no dependents, withholding of severance pay when VA compensation overlaps, and paying above VA appraisal value for GI loans with cash. Additional information available at VA offices.
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Veterans Administration
G. I
Notable Bull Run Veterans Rise to High Commands
Although the Bull Run battle was a Union setback, sixty three Northern officers who fought there later attained general ranks. Among them were infantry colonel William Tecumseh Sherman and a 21 year old cavalryman George Armstrong Custer.
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Bull Run
William Tecumseh Sherman
George Armstrong Custer
One Nation Under God or a Third Rate Nation
Jimmy Brown argues 1970s America faces a crisis of attitudes driven by permissiveness and youth extremism. He warns of crime drug culture and cultural decay, urging readers to choose between unity under God or a drift toward Marxist demoralization. He stresses faith in freedom and law, calling for reasoned action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Home Delivery Rate Set At One Dollar Monthly
A local notice states home delivery costs one dollar per month with consolidation to The Gladewater Times-Tribune dated November 28 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gladewater Times-Tribune
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Gladewater Mirror
Editorial
Crete
House
Senate
Grand Rapids, Mich
Laguna Beach
Calif
News-Post
Cuba
Castro
Fidel
Gregg
Gible
America
Veterans
Jimmy Brown
Glade Avenue
Dean Street
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