City Considers Vietnamese Refugees for Lamesa Jobs
City Council authorized study of bringing up to five Vietnamese refugee families to live and work in Lamesa. The plan includes sponsoring by Grace Lutheran Church, potential city salaries of 500 to 700 dollars monthly, and hiring refugees as mechanics electricians and water works staff. City also approved a 23121 dollar loan for a new accounting machine and four garbage dumpers funded by Revenue Sharing.
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Lamesa
Carroll Taylor
United States
U.S
Ruben Steinbronn
Grace Lutheran Church
Lutheran Church
John Palmore
Lamesa Cable TV Tests Emergency Warning System
Lamesa Cable TV completed an emergency override system that blanks sound on all channels to broadcast a tornado or disaster warning. City Civil Defense coordinators oversee the test system, with monthly demonstrations on the last Friday, starting June 27 if weather is clear.
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Lamesa Cable TV
Civil Defense
Cable
Paul Edgman
Coy Thompson
Pioneers Gather at Forrest Park Community Center
About 275 pioneers gathered at Forrest Park Community Center Saturday to visit with friends and field questions from staff.
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Ann Duran
Forrest Park Community Center
Building Community College Center eyed for Lamesa
Twenty one members of the Chamber of Commerce Education Committee met with Theron Lee and Mike Bruner of Howard College to plan a local center here. They envision a facility labeled Lamesa Community College Center offering 12 to 15 classes per semester and serving 300 to 400 local high school and adult students. The program would use a local coordinator, with Howard College supplying instructors, once enrollment hits ten. Costs cited include 34 dollars for one course or 45 dollars for two.
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Community College
Theron Lee
Howard College
Big Spring
Community College Center
Lamesa
Dawson County
Howard County College
Chamber of Commerce
R.B. Snell
Howard County Community College
Mike Bruner
Charles Bratcher
Lee
Howard County
Lamesa Community College Center
Lamesa High School
Warning System Installed With Cable TV Franchise Plan
Research began in August 1973 on a warning system to be integrated with cable television. The city will receive the system under a franchise effective December. Officials praised prior use, noting three of four local families subscribe to cable. Edgman, civil defense director, said the system will aid warning efforts. See Cable Page 2.
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Edgman
Lamesa
Carroll Taylor
Pioneer Day marks anniversary with old timers and bonds
The Dawson County Pioneer Day event began at 10 a.m. with visiting and a covered dish lunch for pioneers and guests. The program featured remarks by Dalton Myers and Dewey Covington, with Mayor Lloyd Cline and Ralph Ranson replying, and prize awards for distance traveled and largest families.
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Dewey Covington
Dalton Myers
Pioneer Day
Lloyd Cline
Ralph Ranson
Richard Crawley
Wayne Smith
Norman Gandy
Jeff Shipp
W.J
Civil Cases Underway Murder Trial Delayed
In Judge George Hansard's 106th District Court this week a murder case began with jury selection after a traffic accident suit commenced Monday. A second case linked to an oil field accident in Dawson County was set for 9 a.m. Thursday. Bob J. Mayberry sues Texas Employers Insurance Assoc. for permanent back injury benefits. Faustino Castanieda Vasquez Jr. faces murder charges in the death of Juanita High with a venue motion pending.
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George Hansard
106Th District Court
Milton Lozano, Sr
Monty Wayne Wilkerson
Howard County
Dawson County
Ector County
Bob J. Mayberry
The
Texas Employers Insurance Assoc
Faustino Castanieda Vasquez, Jr
Lubbock
John Mann
Vasquez
Juanita High
Jubilee meeting set before July Fourth festival
The June 10th Jubilee meeting will be held in the Reddy Room of the Texas Electric Service Co. building per secretary Mrs. J.P. Senter. All class representatives should attend as this is the final meeting before the Golden Tornado Jubilee from July 4 to 6. The meeting begins at 7 30 p.m.
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Reddy
Texas Electric Service Co
J.P. Senter
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