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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1971
Page
3
A notice states postage class and publication frequency for the weekly Silsbee area newspaper. It lists the mailing address at 410 Highway 96 in Silsbee Texas and subscription rates: four dollars per year within Hardin Jasper Tyler Jefferson counties and five dollars per year for outside counties.
The page lists editorial staff including R L Read and Tommy Read with Leona Whitman as editor and manager. Lee Kelly handles society and personal duties with Doris Woolley as photographer and secretary is noted but unreadable.
Editorial lauds the 1970 redistricting suit ending decades of unequal representation. It condemns Commissioners Barrington Means and Lack for delaying change, notes a 40 percent tax increase with a 48 percent salary hike, and urges strong citizen action to elect new leaders next May while pursuing a Silsbee sub courthouse and highway right of way.
National Highway Week highlights Texas roads as the backbone of transport. The state's 70 000 miles of highways connect 2 600 communities with most travel by car for work and services. Interstate mileage expands and toll free roads span vast urban and rural Texas.
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