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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1969
Page
1
Gladewater Approves Fifth Industry Groundbreaking and Growth
A five acre site on Glade Street hosts a groundbreaking for Gladewater Boat Manufacturing Inc led by A E Shipp. The ceremony included Ernest Martin and Joe Lynch with a first production target of March 1 and 15 workers. plus Gladewater Federal Savings and Loan reports assets of 10.87 million and 9.63 million in savings balances, with 1.68 million in 1968 mortgage loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladewater Boat Company
A. E. Shipp
Gladewater Boat Manufacturing Inc
T&p Railroad
Glade Street
A. E
Pappy) Shipp
Shipp
Gladewater
Martin
Mack Wiley
Bill Langford
Joe Lynch
Gene Westfall
Tyler
Mack Shaw
Lynch
Gladewater Federal Savings and Loan Association
Harold D. Victory
Lone Star Steel Strike Talks Collapse in Texas
After 87 days the United Steelworkers strike shows little sign of ending as talks in Longview, Texas, were adjourned indefinitely by Federal Mediator Gene Zimmerman. Howard Jensen of Lone Star Steel cites union intransigence on the Big Steel package and work rules, despite a raised company offer. Plant operations continue with supervisory and replaced workers while negotiations stall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Star
United Steelworkers
Longview
Gene Zimmerman
Howard Jensen
Lone Star Steel
Morris County
District Attorney Reports High Prosecution Rate for 1968
Gregg County District Attorney Ralph Prince released a prosecutions report showing a 96.64 percent felony conviction rate and a 99.58 percent misdemeanor conviction rate for 1968. Of 217 total felony and county court misdemeanor prosecutions, 59 felons were sent to state prison totaling 284 years, including one life sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greggs County
Ralph Prince
Prince
Gregg County
Gladewater News Briefs Focus on Local Events and People
Gladewater parents sponsor chili supper at the high school on Feb 6 with a stage band concert at 8 p.m. Fourteen year old Stacy Johnson from Houston shot his first deer near Austin. Mrs. Rosalee Baird dies in a holiday car crash between Taft and Houston. James Connally on leave from Vietnam and William Weedin home on 21 day leave. both linked to Gladewater area. Anniversary noted for Felix and Mrs. Wells plus a library memorial gift from E. M. Wyche. For sale: two puppies and a Boston terrier. Upshur County precinct lines revised to end ballot box splits affecting Union Grove and West Mountain. Doug Whittle completes DPS academy and becomes highway patrolman in Marshall. Two Gladewater students among 920 candidates for midterm graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladewater
Stacy Johnson
Jerry Johnson
Houston
Austin
Stacy
Homer Pitt
Harry Bridges
Pitts
Johnson
Upshur
Earp To Host Restaurant Association Dinner
Don Earp owner of Don's Restaurant will host a Texas Restaurant Association meeting at a dinner on Monday January 20 at 7 30 p m in the main dining room Roy Blankenship president of the East Texas Restaurant Association will MC Verlon Lackey vice president Longview Bank Trust Company gives principal address on the BankAmericard Ken Bennett Gladewater High School choir director leads a male quartet Tommy Enloe Danny Bennett Tim Henry and Garth Cockerell provide entertainment
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Earp
Don’s Restaurant
Texas Restaurant Association
Roy Blankenship
East Texas Restaurant Association
Verlon Lackey
Longview Bank & Trust Company
BankAmericard
Gladewater High School
Ken Bennett
Tommy Enloe
Danny Bennett
Tim Henry
Garth Cockerell
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Jimmy Brown
Ila
Mommy
Sean Kuykendall
Sean
Cleatus D
Tendent
D. S. Alexander
Quentin Abernathy
Irby Bates
First Baptist Church
Don’s
Chamber of Commerce
Ernest Martin
Chamber
G’water Federal
Armco Metal Products Co
City Water and Sewer Dept
Roy Perryman
Herb Madison
Ft. Worth
Devel
Rosalee Baird
the Mirror
C. W
James G. Connally
Connally
Vietnam
San Antonio
William
Bill) Weedin
Frances Weedin
U.S. Army
Huntsville
Alabama
Red Stone Arsenal
Weedin
24Th Artillery Bn
Germany
White’s Auto
Felix Wells
E. M. Wyche
Gladewater Public
R. E
Ben) O’byrne
Thomas Animal Hospital
Douglas Whittle
John R. Whittle
Department of Public Safety
Marshall
Douglas
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