Plains Farming Hearing Slated By House Group
Rep Bob Poage of Waco, chair of the House Agriculture Committee, announced this week that Congress may extend basic federal farm programs this year and pledged a speedup in actions.
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1968
Page
16
Rep Bob Poage of Waco, chair of the House Agriculture Committee, announced this week that Congress may extend basic federal farm programs this year and pledged a speedup in actions.
Thirteen Lubbock high school winners compete in Region 7 AAAA and AAA events at Odessa College with seven more entrants from four Lubbock schools in journalism and other literary, track, tennis, and golf contests beginning 9 a.m. Saturday. Jacqueline Thomas of Dunbar High and other district winners vie for state qualification amid a slate of regional competitions and farm policy hearings referenced in separate items.
A cyclone tore through six villages in Cholburi province destroying 450 homes and facilities including schools and businesses. By Friday reports said hundreds were left homeless after the Wednesday disaster.
Reverend Stephen C. L. Rose, founder of Renewal, speaks at Princeton on restoring church integrity through essential Christianity and sacrificial action. He warns against worshiping secular society and urges prayer, worship, and social action balanced with faith. Easter observances split among Eastern Orthodox and Western churches amid Easter date discussions.
The Glorietta Baptist Summer Assemblies in New Mexico expect over 25,000 attendees beginning in June and running past Labor Day. The 1,500-acre site near Santa Fe includes a $1.3 million auditorium, a towering illuminated complex, 277 bedrooms in halls named for Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico, plus 40 efficiency apartments, dormitories for men and women, cottages, and 500 camp shelters. About 20 conferences are held each summer with leaders like Philip B. Harris and Doris Devault headlining, drawing participants from 38 states and several foreign countries.
More than 26 000 East Germans fled to West Germany since the Berlin Wall rose on August 3 1961, the West German Refugee Ministry said. Of those, 26 545 fled westward, while 207 948 moved with Communist consent. The regime permits departures for pensioners and others burdensome to the economy, with escapes slowing as border holes shrink. In the Berlin border zone 42 East Germans escaped in March, down from 58 in February and 62 in January.
Lubbock Christian College invites tours of its new home economics building from 2 to 5 p m Sunday on campus. Mrs Clea Boveries, president of LCC Associates, will present officials with the key. Construction began in May 1967 with labs serving 24 students per class. Tours run until 5 p m by the associates building committee.
West German leaders led by Chancellor Kurt Georg Niesinger attended a memorial Mass marking the first anniversary of former Chancellor Konrad Adenauer’s death in Rheendorf near Bonn. Paul Adenauer, his son, joined the service at the parish church as the city observes the anniversary.
An account highlights an acrobat who climbs brick walls swims half a mile underwater walks a wire and squeezes through a half inch hole while learning to avoid poisons.
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