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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1971
Page
2
A Sunday note recalls the Mergenthaler Linotype’s 80 year impact on printing and literacy. Offsetting and computerized typesetting now threaten the end of mechanical typesetters, with Linotypes to be phased out, kept only in museums.
The United States Organization commemorates its 30th founding anniversary on February 4. Since World War II, over 25 million service members have been aided. The USO operates at 50 overseas posts and 125 U.S. communities, with 1000 entertainers presenting about 8000 performances to seven million troops annually. It relies on private contributions from the United Fund and similar campaigns.
In San Francisco Bay oil tankers collide amid dense fog sparking a debate among radical groups who blame capitalism for the incident. Critics argue the chain of supply and transport under capitalist systems underpins the tragedy.
Michael Luke Daniel died Wednesday in Wadley Hospital Texarkana at four and a half months old. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Daniel of Nash and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Daniel Sr. of Gladewater and Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Salter of Longview. Funeral services were held Friday at 4 p.m. at Malcolm Stone Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. J. W. Best and Rev. H. G. Rhea officiating. Burial followed at Gladewater Memorial Park. He is survived by his parents a brother Jerry Lee Jr and a sister Laura Denise both at home and his grandparents.
More than 100 Disney characters including Mickey Mouse Donald Duck Goofy and Pluto come alive for over two hours of family entertainment as Disney on Parade opens at Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport Wednesday and runs through Sunday February 14. The show features seven performances with adaptations of Peter Pan Cinderella Alice in Wonderland and The Three Little Pigs among other familiar stories.
East Texas teachers will help the IRS teach students to prepare income tax returns. Gladewater High School will host 120 students, Union Grove 30, and Sabine 55, as the Dallas IRS district reports a record 1,149 orders for 195,838 students this year.
Galen Gary, president of the Carrie Watkins Future Teachers Association at Gladewater High School, credits the newspaper staff for excellent coverage of their activities this school year and notes the slogan Education is truly WITHIN OUR GRASP.
SEFOR fast breeder reactor near Fayetteville achieves full licensed power of 20,000 kilowatts this week and will begin varied power-level tests toward the March 1972 completion date under a three year experimental program for Southwest Atomic Energy Associates. The group includes 17 investor owned electric companies led by Southwestern Electric Power Company.
Milestone SWEPCO board member leads the SEFOR effort in Northwest Arkansas. The $28 million research facility will run experiments up to 20,000 kilowatts to study sodium cooled fast reactors and improve the fraction of energy extracted from nuclear fuel. Data from two years of work supports progress toward its objectives.
Gladewater High School newspaper Bear Facts received the ILPC Proficiency Citation for editorials of great value and importance to students and faculty. The nomination was supported by League Critic James Farber and ILPC director Dr. Max Haddick praised the staff. Sponsor C. W. Dawson plans to attend the Spring Awards in Austin with staff, as Bob Schieffer is named as chief speaker. Bear Facts previously earned All State by the High School Press Association in December.
A reader muses on soap operas and daily life while noting a lull in emotion with TV and radio. The piece ends with AP reporting Albuquerque's sun shone 76 percent of possible time in 1970, near normal for the city.
The narrator criticizes NASA's latest moon landing as a flawed setback to the space program. He complains his own plans were derailed and laments lack of government support while boasting of self funded beer-can collection efforts totaling 79 cents.
A humorous column mixes a spoof space program with quips on society and a New York AP brief about turnpike driving. It ends with a safety note advising four extra pounds of tire pressure for high speed, long distance driving per Owens Corning Fiberglas.
The Gladewater Mirror announces staff roles including publisher Harry Kates general manager advertising director news editor and editors. It lists subscription prices for in state and out of state delivery and notes consolidation with The Gladewater Times-Tribune and The White Oak Texan as of prior dates.
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