26 Aug 1973
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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1973
Page
1
Hallsville elementary principal Mrs Verlon Martin has painted school buses with zoo animals Indians and cowboys to help students locate the correct bus. Gifts include a donation to the First Baptist Church student loan fund honoring W M S. A GHS Choir Parents meeting and new music director Dale Miller are announced.
Gregg-Upshur Citizens Band Club sponsored a Saturday coffee break at the Longview Armory raising 2600 for Tonya Money, 20 months old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Money of Gladewater, who has hydrocephalus and hip duplicity. Five bands performed to entertain about 700 attendees. co chairs were Jesse Bustin and Wayne Wilson. Donations came from across the United States via skip talkers and were aided by REACT groups in Gladewater, Tyler, Rose City, Jacksonville, Lufkin, and Marshall.
Officials plan a 3 PM dedication at the NASA site southeast of Houston to rename the Manned Spacecraft Center the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. Dignitaries include Christopher Kraft James Fletcher Dolph Briscoe and Mrs Lyndon Johnson with a bust by Jimilu Mason and a Johnson Room exhibit in the Visitors Center.
Big Sandy enters football season with 39 players led by coach Jim Norman and star back Bobby Mitchell. The town of 1 000 hosts a growing school on a hill serving pre k through 12th, amid an $890 000 construction program adding a new building athletic complex bleachers and field lighting. The Wildcats open Sept 7 at Winona and aim to repeat district title with Harmony as key foe.
Texas DPS director Colonel Wilson E. Speir warns 42 people may die in traffic over the Labor Day holiday. The three day period runs August 31 to September 3 with heightened patrols and an "Operation Motorcide" campaign to track fatal crashes and inform the public.
Police Chief Cris Morrow warned motorists of strict enforcement for improper parking and speeding within city limits. Citations will be issued for wrong side parking as radar units monitor speeds near schools with special attention around school zones.
The new state rule allows right turns on red at intersections unless a no-right-turn-on-red sign exists. Drivers must stop and yield to pedestrians and through traffic. pedestrians on crosswalks and green-light traffic have right of way. Officials have not announced which intersections may prohibit turns.
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