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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1975
Page
2
A columnist riffs on buying funerals from door to door salesmen, vows to resist invasions, and jokes about a biting dog deterring door sales. He muses on death and birth, then shifts to a quirky note on self assessment for taxes and a digression about onions and ancient customs.
Governor Dolph Briscoe sent to the Legislature a public school finance proposal marking emergency status and urging passage this session. He frames the plan as targeted to poorer districts per the Rodriguez Case, aiming to raise the floor of educational quality and ensure equal opportunity regardless of local wealth. The plan emphasizes two goals: equitable state aid based on pupil needs and aid linked to local revenue capacity through ad valorem taxes. It also prioritizes 536 districts with the greatest need.
A collection of reader notes praises Mary McDonald and local support while a separate policy column outlines a weighted pupil funding plan. The proposal argues for equity via index properties, state aid linked to local ability, and a renewal system within the Foundation School Program. It includes goals, budgeting, evaluation, and teacher salary increases from 660 to 743 dollars in 1975 76 and to 784 in 1976 77.
The Gladewater Mirror lists delivery and mail rates for Texas and out of state readers. It notes monthly, six month, and yearly options with advance payment, and mentions consolidation with The Gladewater Times-Tribune and The White Oak Texan on specific dates.
A fragmentary line references a bold phrase urging a younger person to eat Jello with aggressive phrasing. The text appears as a fragment without clear context or attribution.
SWEPCO official Dicky Rogers outlined two new generating plants near Cason Texas and Flint Creek Arkansas with costs around 250 million each. He said the plants will use low sulphur Wyoming coal and boost regional power supply for the next quarter century. Rogers cited expected unit counts, completion dates, and the area's industrial growth as drivers for expansion.
For March 3 to 7 Texas marks Public Schools Week with open campuses. Schools invite visitation and display student work while teachers answer questions. Parents and citizens are urged to learn how the system works to ensure high quality education for the future.
The ERA sought to amend the US Constitution to grant women complete equality under the law with equal pay and non discriminatory opportunities. Supporters pressed for federal ratification as states needed two thirds to approve, while opponents questioned impact on society and existing laws.
A collage of diary-like notes on gardening misadventures including tiger lilies and iris, longing for a greenhouse, and tips about tomatoes. It shifts to urban policy as Greenwich Village halts high intensity lights, then to ERA opposition, drafting women, and finally a brief note on Daguerre and early photography.
Leonard White seeks re election to place five and serves as board president. Roy C Fisher Jr filed for place five. Incumbent B L Taylor has not filed for place three while Roger L Carr has. Robert F Brown filed for reelection to place four and was unopposed as of Thursday. Filing deadline is 4 p m March 6 at the superintendent s office.
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