Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1	1	SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 480
2	2	WHEREAS, The Longview News-Journal is celebrating the
3	3	150th anniversary of the newspaper business in Longview in 2021,
4	4	marking a significant milestone in the rich history of the
5	5	community; and
6	6	WHEREAS, In 1871, James Stephen Hogg, the future governor
7	7	of Texas, started a thrice-weekly newspaper in Longview, setting
8	8	the type himself by hand; a year later, E. S. and J. S. Terry
9	9	launched a second newspaper, the Longview New Era; a third
10	10	newspaper, the News Item, was started in 1873, the year that
11	11	Gregg County was created; and
12	12	WHEREAS, In 1885, the Longview Clarion was established by
13	13	F. M. Marschalk, a veteran newspaperman from Mississippi, and
14	14	when he died in 1888, the publication was taken over by J. W.
15	15	Johnson, who renamed it the Times-Clarion; after his death in
16	16	1916, his widow continued to run the paper until 1918, when she
17	17	sold it to G. B. Whitley, and in 1925, the Times-Clarion and
18	18	another newspaper, the Longview Leader, which had been
19	19	established in 1923, were combined as the Longview Daily News
20	20	under editor William J. Tucker; and
21	21	WHEREAS, From 1929 to 1934, the paper changed hands four
22	22	times; in February 1931, the Longview Morning Journal was
23	23	started, and the following month, both the Daily News and the
24	24	Morning Journal were purchased by Clarence E. Faulk, who was at
25	25	the time the president of Delta Airlines; in 1934, Carl Estes
26	26	became the owner and publisher of both papers, and over the next
27	27	33 years, he became known as "Mr. East Texas" for his tireless
28	28	promotion of the industrial and commercial development of the
29	29	region; and
30	30	WHEREAS, Mr. Estes died in 1967, and in 1978, his widow,
31	31	Margaret Estes, sold the News and the Journal to Cox Enterprises,
32	32	which built a new facility for both papers in 1986 and then
33	33	combined them in 1988 as the Longview News-Journal; the paper has
34	34	changed hands several times over the past three decades, and
35	35	since September 2015, it has been part of M. Roberts Media, a
36	36	family-owned publishing company that operates out of Longview;
37	37	and
38	38	WHEREAS, Today, the Longview News-Journal is the heir to a
39	39	proud tradition of journalism and community engagement that goes
40	40	back a century and a half, and its staff may indeed take great
41	41	pride in the vital role the publication plays in the civic
42	42	culture and prosperity of Longview and Gregg County; now,
43	43	therefore, be it
44	44	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th
45	45	Legislature, hereby commemorate the 150th anniversary of the
46	46	newspaper business in Longview and extend to all those associated
47	47	with the Longview News-Journal sincere best wishes for continued
48	48	success in their important work; and, be it further
49	49	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be
50	50	prepared for the Longview News-Journal as an expression of high
51	51	regard from the Texas Senate.
52	52	Hughes
53	53	________________________________
54	54	President of the Senate
55	55	I hereby certify that the
56	56	above Resolution was adopted by
57	57	the Senate on May 25, 2021.
58	58	________________________________
59	59	Secretary of the Senate
60	60	________________________________
61	61	Member, Texas Senate