Middle School Transformations Highlight Student Council Efforts
Students at Lamesa Middle School raised five thousand dollars this year through limited projects including a dance calendars and carnations sale. They financed a seven by four foot marble sign and installed the campus name on the east wall while planning more landscaping benches and an underground sprinkling system. Student Council officers Longoria Emfinger Norris Ramos along with sponsors and Principal McCraw led beautification and spirit activities such as carnivals dress-up days bands and a faculty student basketball game. The principal praises the council as tremendous and plans for next year are already underway.
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Lamesa Middle School
Longoria
Keith Emfinger
Cris Norris
Nelda Ramos
Vicki Anderson
Sandra Adams
Ken McCraw
Curry
Falklands sovereignty efforts through 1980s attempts
The text outlines steps from 1971 to 1980 where Britain and Argentina expanded air and sea links, signed trade and oil supply deals, and proposed a joint administration with eventual sovereignty transfer. Islanders rejected the plan, preserving British control and delaying any Argentine sovereignty shift.
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Argentina
Britain
Falklands
Falklands War Push Spurs Britain to Reclaim Islands
A historical note mentions Argentina's April 2 invasion of the Falklands and Britain's swift dispatch of the fleet under Prime Minister Thatcher to secure the islands. The piece contrasts the armed clash with a Darwinesque quip about perpetual fault finding and shifts to local education reporting on a specially equipped bus for handicapped students.
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Britain
Thatcher
Falklands
Tax rebates climb for area towns in 1982 totals
Brownfield leads with May rebate of 73709 bringing year to 218760. Snyder receives 142709 this month, total 432830 for five months, up 23 percent from 1981. O'Donnell near 23 percent ahead with 7170 256, Denver City 90667 total after 24445 payment. Andrews up 17.67 percent with May 81650 to reach 258611. Tahoka 9.45 percent ahead at 26989 after 10132 May payment. Seminole receives 27565 this month, 102940 for 1982, just over three percent ahead of last year.
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Snyder
O’donnell
Denver City
Andrews
Lamesa
Lamesa Softball Association forms as two leagues unite
Everheart says the Lam esa Softball Association was formed earlier this year by merging slow-pitch and soft-pitch groups into a single organization. Jack Kelly chairs the association with eight other officers across three league boards, while the city handles water and park upkeep and the group keeps parks clean. A proposal to convert nearby tennis courts into an outdoor basketball court was postponed for later action.
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Everheart
Lamesa Softball Association
Jack Kelly
Anger, Outlets, and Revolutions Across Nations
A condensed report discusses anger as an acquired emotion and how outlets like sports and humor relieve tension in the United States. It contrasts Latin American political instability, noting suppressed frustration can fuel revolutions, while external influences and cultural factors shape violence and upheaval.
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U.S
Leo Madow
Medical College of Pennsylvania
Madow
United States of Americans
Don Rickles
Volitile
Kindergarten to Present Program Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor the Mesa Cotton Council thanks you for promoting our Sew It With Cotton contest and style show. We appreciate your help and public outreach in supporting the event and community engagement.
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Mesa Cotton Council
Lamesa Kindergarten Diplomas Set For Monday Ceremony
Approximately 150 North Elementary kindergarten students will graduate Monday at 10 a.m. in the Lamesa High School Auditorium. Principal Luis Rodrigues will present diplomas. A brief musical program Hello Texas will precede the exercises with singing by the kindergarten classes accompanied by Pat Briggs. Teachers include Karen Taylor Lisa Stuart Laura Foutz Judy Couzzourt Jan Johnson and Teresa Fowler.
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North Elementary
Lamesa High School
Luis Rodrigues
Texas
Pat Briggs
Karen Taylor
Lisa Stuart
Laura Foutz
Judy Couzzourt
Jan Johnson
Teresa Fowler
Foreign ownership of U S agricultural land reveals small share
USDA brief reports less than 1 percent of U S farmland owned by foreign sources totaling 12.7 million acres as of Dec 31 1981 with 4.9 million acres more than a year earlier. Texas has 798 616 acres under foreign ownership while Texas value declines and regional shifts in farm real value are noted.
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U.S
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Texas
Ohio
Indiana
Delaware
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Georgia
California
West Virginia
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Warner
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Riley
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Price
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TAC
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Dawson County News
Dawson County Courier
Lamesa Reporter
Dawson County Free Press
North First Street
Dawson County
Lamesa Press-Reporter
Walter Buckel
Russel
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