O Saline City Sales Tax Rebates Reported for February
State Comptroller Bob Bullock said Texas cities and towns received 13.7 million in February rebates from the one cent city sales tax. Grand Saline got 1143.49. Alba 917.13. Edgewood 1002.82. Emory 769.94. Mineola 5144.11. Quitman 3580.55. Tyler 129621.67. statewide receipts reached 32.2 million for the first two months, led by Houston 2.8 million, Dallas 1.4 million, San Antonio 795,972, Fort Worth 542,741, and El Paso 368,029.
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Bob Bullock
Texas
Grand Saline
Alba
Edgewood
Emory
Mineola
Quitman
Tyler
Houston
Dallas
San Antonio
Fort Worth
el Paso
Ron Sloan Named Florida Publisher
Ron Sloan, a Grand Saline native, was named publisher of The Dunedin Times in the Tampa Bay Gulf coast area. He previously worked in Texas Arkansas and Louisiana papers, is a 1959 Grand Saline High graduate, and a 1964 North Texas State journalism alum. He served as a U.S. Air Force information officer. married to Linda Hendrix of Orlando with two sons Greg and Brian.
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Ron Sloan
Grand Saline
Dunedin
Fla
Tyler Junior College
North Texas State University
U.S. Air Force
Sloan
Linda Hendrix
Orlando
Florida
Greg
Brian
Upton Graduates At NTSU From Fall Semester
North Texas State University awarded 863 degrees at the end of the fall term led by education bachelor Thomas Sherman Upton, son of Thomas H. Upton Jr. of Grand Saline. He earned a BS in secondary education as part of 586 bachelor's, 247 master's, and 30 doctoral degree recipients listed by vice president Miles Anderson.
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North Texas State University
Miles Anderson
NTSU
Thomas Sherman Upton
Thomas H. Upton Jr
Route 4
Grand Saline
Morris Bailey Enters Candidacy for District Clerk
Morris Bailey, 47, a Van Zandt County native who studied in Grand Saline, announced his candidacy for District Clerk. A former US Air Force member and longtime Canton Reliance Gas entrepreneur, he sold the business last year and lives with his wife Rosa Mallory Bailey and their three daughters.
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Air Force
Canton Reliance Gas
Bailey
Rosa Mallory
Karen Hatfield
Linda Wilson
Paula Bailey
Morris Bailey
Congress votes kill B-1 bomber program and Panama Canal treaty heard
The House approves 234 to 182 to terminate the B-1 bomber program ending a $462 million plan for two more prototypes. Carter’s request leads to B-52s with cruise missiles as the next bomber. Senate tables Panama Canal treaties vote 67 to 30, shifting neutral treaty first to secure defense guarantees. Baker and Scott comment on order, while Bentsen and Tower vote yea and nay respectively.
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de la Garza
White
Jordan
Mahon
Gonzalez
Gammage
Karen
Milford
Hall
Collins
Archer
Teague
Poage
Burleson
Krueger
Carter
Congress
Jack Edwards
Samuel Stratton
D-N.y
Soviet Union
Mattox
Eckhardt
Brooks
Wright
Hightower
Young
Wilson
Roberts
Pickle
Senate
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
Panama
U.S
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Tabling
William Scott
R-Va
Canal
Lloyd Bentsen
John Tower
Letter to the editor from E P Friedline
A 90 year old reader, E P Friedline of Grand Saline expresses gratitude for the Grand Saline Sun and requests continued delivery to his children in Georgia Louisiana and Texas after his wife Ruth’s 1974 passing. He notes a 50 plus year subscription since 1926 and urges the paper’s ongoing publication.
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Sun
Grand Saline
Texas
Woodall
Ruth
J.W. Friedline
Augusta
Georgia
Bruce Knowlton
San Angelo
J.E. Hitt
Shreveport
Louisiana
E.P. Friedline
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H.L. ‘‘Woody’’ Woodall
H.L. Woodall
Texas Press Association
van Zandt County
The
Grand Saline Sun
Ray Roberts
van Zandt
Richard L. Ray
Robert W
Bob) Fite
Jimmy Miller
Troyce Casey
Hazel Dozier
O’saline
Grand Saline High
Elect Finis Brewer
Democrat
Is Brewer
Upton
Robert Young
D-Mo
Butler Derrick
D-S.c
Samuel Hall
Charles Wilson
Bob Eckhardt
James Wright
Jack Hightower
John Young
Richard White
Henry Gonzalez
Abraham Kazen
Dale Milford
James Collins
Jim Mattox
Bill Archer
Jack Brooks
Jake Pickle
W.R. Poage
Kika de la Garza
Barbara Jordan
George Mahon
Bob Gammage
Olin Teague
Omar Burleson
Robert Krueger
Humphrey Institute
Hubert H. Humphrey
Washington
Roll Call
Meredith Hall
Mineola Civic Center
Samuel Doctorian
Beirut
Lebanon
Middle East
Egypt
Israel
Christ
Christians For Christ
Tyler Savings
F Savings & Loan Association
Invest-Tex, Inc
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