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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1973
Page
2
Shortages of all kinds continue to surface as gasoline and tennis ball supplies tighten. The author laments late notices of shortages and questions the depth of the economic crisis, hinting at undisclosed critical gaps while criticizing election timing.
Four year old Charles David Haulk died after a 7 30 p m car pedestrian crash on Melton Street Longview Justice of the Peace Charles Cashell pronounced him dead at Good Shepherd Hospital Funeral rites were pending with Malcolm Stone Funeral Home Gladewater The child survived by parents two brothers and two sisters with grandparents and other relatives listed The driver was Debra Kay Frazier 19 of Four Seasons Apartments The Haulk family had been Longview residents three weeks
Lt Gov Bill Hobby and Bill Hartman say the Texas Constitutional Revision Commission will not include a right to work in the proposed constitution to be sent to the 1974 legislature. They warn advocates face a two thirds vote to reinsert it at next year’s constitutional convention. The article also notes calls for a special session on child welfare and school finance, plus leadership shakeups at the Texas Youth Council and regulatory actions by the Railroad Commission on Lo-Vaca gas rates. It ends with a Dallas man sentenced to death for murder in an armed robbery losing conviction on appeal.
East Texas eight county rural water leaders will gather at the Longview Holiday Inn at 7:00 p.m. October 10 to discuss loan programs, nonprofit corporation governance, and Amendment Nine on the November ballot. Texas Association of Rural Water Corporations sponsors the session.
The Gladewater Mirror published Thursdays and Sundays by The Gladewater Publishing Company on Glade Avenue and Dean Street in Gladewater Texas. It lists home delivery and mail subscription prices for Texas and outside Texas and notes consolidation with The Gladewater Times-Tribune in 1949 and The White Oak Texas in 1969.
A new loop road in Tyler named for Brady Gentry was dedicated as part of National Highway Week. The Gentry Parkway extends from a junction with Interstate 20 and US 69 northwest of Tyler to a junction with Interstate 20.
The article notes parkway work began in 1970 and ended recently with a full project completion. State Representative Fred Head attended the ribbon cutting and, in the 61st Legislative Session, passed a House Resolution honoring the late Brady Gentry and naming the parkway section The Brady Gentry Parkway. Average farm prices have declined or stayed flat in 10 of the past 20 years.
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