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Cooper reaches milestone with 350 million tires

By: Greg Bischof - Texarkana Gazette

Special Contributor to Texarkana Gazette Frank McConnell Cooper Tire Plant Manager Scott Cole, left, greets Texarkana, Ark., Mayor Wayne Smith and Curtis Schneekloth of Cooper Tire during the celebration Thursday of the production of 350 million tires at the local plant.

If the Twin Cities ever asked Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. for the moon, the manufacturer might be able to get them there at least halfway.

Officials from the two Texarkanas and from the Chamber of Commerce gathered Thursday at Holiday Inn Express on the Arkansas side to celebrate the loc...

Published: 03/15/2013