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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1976
Page
5
Pringle notes the Texas Eastman facility, a plastics pellet producer with about 2,000 workers, has spent over 10 million dollars on air and water pollution devices. M. H. Stewart appears as host in the mirror photo.
Cotton prices strong, areas like Rio Grande Valley Coastal Bend and Blacklands see acreage increases. Metzer of Texas A&M Extension notes overall Texas cotton acreage up about 10 percent, potentially reaching five million acres if sorghum and soybean prices stay high. Cotton remains Texas’ leading money crop as demand from mills grows.
Harold Lovell leads the Indian Mound seedling nursery covering 79 acres where 22 million loblolly pine and other varieties are raised for timber and windbreaks in East Texas. Planting begins in April, seedlings need weekly irrigation, and lifting starts in December with mechanical harvesters and packing sheds sorting by size and variety.
An agreement among the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation City of Longview Gregg County and Harrison County signed by Feb 2 launches a Longview traffic study. An organizational meeting is set for March 10 at New Longview City Hall. Traffic surveys start March 8 on state routes city streets and county roads with 24 hour counts. The study aims to evaluate the current street network and forecast future traffic volumes over about six weeks.
Police log shows a Saturday 10 43 a two car crash on highway 80 east with no injuries and one driver cited. Previously a Wednesday two car wreck on Quitman street none injuries or citations, a west highway 40 accident, five juveniles skipped school on Maple Street, and a Friday missing 14 year old girl reported.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department reports 638 water deaths in 1975. Majority were male and Caucasian, with 388 White fatalities and 218 accidents from swimming. Ages 21 to 30 accounted for 135 deaths and 435 incidents occurred within 25 miles of home.
The GHS tennis team claimed its second win over John Tyler 9 3 at JT courts. Results show boys singles Russ Adams and Steve James and girls singles Sharon Scurlock Holley Ford Kimberly Audas Margo Bell Patricia Davidson all won. Doubles results include Worth Hugman with Beck and Walker with Gribble and a girls doubles win for Rhonda Thomas Kathy Hill. GHS opened a two day tourney Friday with 10 teams.
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