1978

By Nina Littleton When winter comes there is nothing more delicious than a fresh pot of homemade soup or stew to warm your insides. Served with a crisp green salad and homemade biscuits or breads, fresh from the oven, you have a completely balanced and satisfying meal. This is a great way to use those…

A representative of the Texas Board of Nurse Examiners, Dorothy Chesley, made her periodic evaluation visit of the TCC Nursing Program on Nov. 9-10. Also, on the ninth, representatives from health care agencies within a 50 mile radius were invited to TCC to discuss how the college might help the needs for continuing education in…

By John Sallis I am a science-fiction buff, meaning that I like to watch, read, eat, and sleep sci-fi. Currently, on ABC TV, there is a new program, called “Battlestar Galactica,” but I’m not about to critique that, no. Another show I’m about to throw the book at is “Project UFO,” a pet peeve of…

By Pam Leser A dream of 26 years has finally come true for Ruth Hesser of Atlanta. She is going to college. Hesser attends an English course taught in Atlanta by Ruth Trumble. The “college freshman” is 44 years old and has four children: one in seminary in Atlanta, Georgia, one a pre-med student in…

By Mark McKay KMLA Radio Disc Jockey If you were in Shreveport on the night of August ninth this past summer at Hirsch Coliseum chances are that you might recognize your own screams on the live two-record album released this week from KANSAS. All fourteen cuts on that evening recording were recorded at 1977 &…

John and Mary Smith are a typical American couple. Mary is in her first pregnancy. She goes to the hospital for delivery. She comes home with twins. The Smiths are members of the one percent group of American parents who have twins. Multiple births are more common among mammals, but are unusual for humans. To…

By Mike Walker Thanksgiving, one of the most celebrated holidays in America, dates back to 1621. In that year, William Bradford, governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in what is now Plymouth, Mass., declared a three day festival of feasting and prayer in thanks for the bountiful harvest of the season. The early settlers had…

By Alan Gauldin I guess maybe I’m just a child at heart, like everybody else, because we are now approaching my favorite time of the year, Thanksgiving and Christmas. I don’t get up to watch the parade anymore, and I no longer believe in Santa Clause, but this time of the year is more special…

The local People Helping People organization will have a Thanksgiving Disco Dance at the Arkansas National Guard Armory beginning at 9 p.m. on Nov. 25. According to Duane Nelson, PHP public relations and and disc jockey for the dance, “The dance will be a BYOB, and everybody knows what that is. Set ups for drinks…