Remembering When We Won A War Again
In this 1976 column Don McAlister argues Americans seek nostalgia for victory and strength. He notes a shift toward war films and political talk of Reagan contrasting Ford, warns against dwelling on past triumphs and urges looking forward to facing future conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don McAlister
Pacific
Air Corps
Tank Corps
Pearl Harbor
Normandy
Midway
America
Hollywood
Charleton Heston
Henry Fonda
Vietnam
Korea
Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford
Reagan
Ford
Panama Canal
U. S
Briscoe Approves Criminal Grants in Texoma Region
Governor Dolph Briscoe signed three criminal justice grants affecting Texoma. The Texoma Regional Planning Commission gets 25326 to train 300 officers at the Police Academy. Grayson County receives 10812 for prosecution capabilities in county and felony cases. Fannin County gets 14544 for county attorney staffing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Dolph Briscoe
Texoma Region
Texoma Reginal Planning Commission
Texoma Regional Police Academy
Grayson County
Fannin County
County roads face new beauty test in Texas
Federal and state rules add about four thousand miles of Texas highways to the Highway Beautification Act and remove about one thousand miles from controls. Grayson County routes affected include US 377 US 75 and Spur 503 with signs and junkyards inventory planned. Owners will be contacted to explain act requirements and new permits. John Curtis reported 3 inches of rain in his garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Grayson County
John Curtis
Community notices and society brief highlights
A compilation of local visits and greetings from Whitewright and nearby towns. Dallas, Sherman, Sabinal, Ada, Houston, Arlington, and Arkansas are named among relatives and friends visiting, with several trips and hospital stays noted. Also listed are a 1956 memory segment, 1940 events, bank directors reelected, and a Mardi Gras duchess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Vestal
Dallas
Ben Bell
Mary Jane
J.M. Sturdivant
Denison
Lem Tittsworth’s
Bonham
Joe Miller
R.C. Adams
O.L. Sears
H.L. Carver
Farmersville
E.T. Doss
R.B. Owens
Sabinal
George Baugher
Wichita Falls
Robert Grant
Denton
W.A. Kirkpatrick
Lindsay Coffey
Amarillo
Dorothey Hamiltton
Houston
Arlington
Dorothey Higley
Shawnee
Okla
Joe Johnson
Albert Reeves
Sherman Hospital
W.H. Phillips
Kentuck
Spurgeon Truett
Rev
J.L. Truett
C.A. Shock of
Sherman
Sun
Grayson
Collin Counties
H.H. Sears
Canaan
Whitewright
Merlyn Brown
June Patterson
Billirene McMillian
Phyllis Brown
Buster Anderson
Mazell Anderson
Coy Jones
Jimmie Lee Brown
Louise Cooper
Mary Ellen Brown
Martha Jo Darwin
Norma Anderson
Woodrow Lowrance
Lucase Cooper
Louise Platon
Dean Tomlinson
W.C. White
Houston Darwin
Wallase Wilson
Evelyn Brown
Thomas D. Dodson
C.S. Lowrance
First National Bank
Emmet Penn
C.B. Bryant Jr
Kay Kimbell
A.M. Bryant
R.T. Pennington
Bryant King
J.H. Waggoner
R.A. Gillett
W.T. Simmons
Janis Jayne Horton
Adolphus Hotel
J.P. Darwin
Betty Ann
J.W. Gunter
Elbert Bennett
Doris June Hunter
Betty Jo Rich
Bells Girls
Mary Alice Harrison
Jonnie B. Robbins
Juanita England
Francis Rissle
Oleta Norris
Chariie Sue Childress
Lacy
Texas State College For
Dorothy LaRoe
ETSU Homecoming Honorees Sought in Commerce Texas
ETSU seeks past members of 12 campus social clubs and university cheerleaders before the 1976 Homecoming on Oct 26 30. Derylene Crawford asks for married or maiden names current addresses and phone numbers to locate members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce
East Texas State University
Derylene Crawford
ETSU
Tex
Highway Jobs Being Cut In Grayson District
R S Thornburrow district engineer for District One of the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation says staffing cuts are necessary. About 130 employees will be reduced since September 1 1975 across nine counties Grayson Fannin Franklin Delta Hopkins Hunt Lamar Rains and Red River. The cuts stem from reduced funding, with plan to combine jobs, eliminate positions, and scale back maintenance including mowing right of way paint striping and replacements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.S. Thornburrow
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Grayson
Fannin
Franklin
Delta
Hopkins
Hunt
Lamar
Rains
Red River
Thornburrow
Faith Looks Up and Hope in Psalms 121
The Pastor's Corner reflects on Psalm 121 urging faith to look up to God for help rather than inward reliance or material wealth. It asserts that only the Lord provides true support and that looking to him brings hope and glory through the Cross. A separate item notes US business plans for $9.46 billion in 1976 for pollution control, up 23 percent from 1975.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man
Heaven
Earth
God
Lord
U.S
Economics Department
McGraw-Hill Publications Company
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HE Whitewright
Briscoe
Axe
P. O
the Sun-Leader Publishing Co
Aubrey McAlister
Whitewright Sun
Texas Press Wember
Association
Louise Vestal
John Ray
J.M. Simmons
Ralph Bond
Lennis Clark
Arkansas
Johnnie Wilson
Wallace Wilson
Lanius Kincade
Don Williams
Ada
Ron
Mrs. James Vineyard
Greenville
Alaska
Nebraska
Idaho
North Dakota
Your Electric Light & Power Company
Toonanoone
Kalir
Marpessa
Kaidishan
Caramica
Les Choisites
Artema
Cavalier
Friars
Ogima
Paragon
Tejas
Resa, Agha Muirae J In
Tan
Pakistan
Punjab
K-Kashmir
S-Sind
Baluchistan
Center For Study of American Business
Dan‘t
Viainuw
Taven
Chamber of Commerce
FDIC
Night Depository
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