Brando's Oscar Rejection Highlights Indian Rights Agenda
The story reports Marlon Brando declined his Oscar with Sacrèd Littlefeather delivering a statement urging attention to Native American rights and broken treaties. It questions U S policy and the public’s complicity, noting history’s verdict and calls for better treatment of American Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlon Brando
Brando
Sacreen Littlefeather
Miss Littlefeather
United States
Wounded Knee
Texas DPS reports record 3688 traffic deaths in 1971
Colonel Wilson E Speir announced that 3688 people died in 3099 fatal traffic crashes across Texas during the year. Injuries reached 128158 in 83607 crashes with 1409 city and 2279 rural deaths and 94855 city injuries and 33303 rural injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson E. Speir
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas
Book Nook highlights new titles and circulation surge
Singletary Memorial Library reports March 1973 circulation surpassing last year with over a thousand more books issued in the first three months. New readers and orders drive growth as Heyer, Lindbergh, Asimov, and reference manuals are noted among fresh acquisitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh Jr
Georgette Heyer
Bath
Lady of Quality
Ann Wychwood
Miss Wychwood
Lucille Carlston
Rusk Lions honor Mayberry for camp participation and April rodeo invite
Lion District Governor Paul Mayberry received a Certificate of Appreciation from Lions Club President Raymond Cooper for 100 percent participation in the Lions Crippled Children Camp Kerrville. The article notes a Lions Rodeo in Lufkin April 25 26 27 and 28 to aid local medical needs, plus a blind baggie golf classic in Diboll in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lion District
Paul Mayberry
Gene Lathern
Down Lufkin Way
Mayberry
Lions Club
Raymond Cooper
Rusk Lions Club
Lions Crippled Children
Kerrville
Texas
Lion Lathern
Lufkin
Billy Carlisle
Darrell Davis
Lions
Cooper
Diboll May Ltd
Morris B. Elliott
Gerald Chapman
Chapman
Singletary Memorial Library
Governor Proclaims DDC Week in Texas
Governor Dolph Briscoe designates April 7 to 14 as Defensive Driving Week to stress immediate traffic crash countermeasures. Texas Safety Association officials cite driver error as 85 percent of crashes and note DDC improves driving and saves lives and money with rapid instructor and training growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolph Briscoe
Texas
Robert F. Miller
Texas Safety Association
Miller
DDC
State Board of Insurance
T.S.A
P.O
Austin
Rusk Kiwanis Meeting Notes and Local Inquiries
The Rusk Kiwanis Club met at Pineview Restaurant on Tuesday April 3 with 21 attendees and visitors including Rusk Key Club members. Activities included singing, the pledge of Allegiance, and an invocation, followed by a church attendance report. Separately, correspondents seek genealogical and cemetery research on Arizona pioneer John William Swilling and 19th century graveyard design motifs including the willow symbol and epitaphs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
New England
Europe
England
Midwest
West
Rusk Kiwanis Club
Pineview
Rusk Key Club
Jack Ball
Tommy Terrell
Glen Tolar
Kent Peters
Larry Wright
Key Club and Kiwanis Reorganize in Jacksonville
The Key Club and Kiwanis Club in Jacksonville report successful efforts to reorganize the youth and adult service groups in recent weeks. Members will be divided into two sections with captains to lead attendance and membership drives. Next meeting announcement to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Wildcat Band Honored by Texas House for Vienna Exhibit
The Palestine High School Wildcat Band and director Phil Hatton were honored by a Texas House motion moved by Representative Fred Head. The band, the only Texas group at the International Music Festival in Vienna in July 1973, was commended for bringing honor to the state and its supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine High School
Phil Hatton
Fred Head
Texas House of Representatives
Palestine
State of
Texas
Vienna
Austria
Hatton
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DPS
the Book Nook
Isaac Asimov
Ruth
Moabites
Brotherhood of Man
Charles Marden Fitch
Lions den
Edna Bingham
Rusk
Dickinson
Pineview Restaurant
Kissin’ Kuzzins
Carolyn Ericson
Redbud Street
Nacogdoches
Arizona State University
Arizona
John William
Jack) Swilling
Snelling
Swilling
Nacogdoches County
Arkansas
el Paso
Geoffrey P. Mann
P. O. Box
Tempe
Sabra Petersmann
North Cahuenga Blvd
Apt
Los Angeles
Calif
Parrish
Summers
William
John William Summers
Dave Parrish
Margaret Summers
Nancy
Estes, Estress
B. E. Summers
Rt. 1
Box
Huntington
L. Allen Holley
Iwanis
Apers
Rusk State Hospital
Wildcat
E.H. Whitehead Enterprises
N. Main Street
Gou
Abraham
Sarah
Isaac
God
CS Community
Fort Worth
B.H. Jones
Buckhorn
N. Main
Town Hall Estates Nursing Home
Kenneth Bunsell
Bk Bagley Road
Rusk Motor Sales, Inc
Sekr Earl Ross
Pal Man
Main Street
Clayton Isaacs Mobile Home Sales, Inc
Nell
Totn Teen
BEALL
Southwestern Electric Service Company
Wallace
J.W. Vining
PHO
Kes
Halbert Mill
Dialville, Texas
Charles Dial
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