Draft Board Explains Deferment Reasons and Appeals
A draft board outlines deferment categories including marriage pregnancy births and employment changes and notes the system classifies individuals rather than drafting them. Registrants may appeal to local boards first and to Texas appeal boards if needed while authorities stress vigilance in exercising rights under the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Military ‘Reserve
National Guard
Armed Forces
Draft Board
Texas Appeal Boards
United States
Anealien
Armed Forces Reserve
School Board Deliberates on Desegregation and Draft Roles
Watts cites 33 Negro teachers among 102 in the district and notes white teachers at Kennedy and Collidge schools. The Justice Department urges desegregation plans while district officials discuss policy changes due May 6. Local Selective Service Board 88 members list includes Mayes, Gattis, Lucas, Scott, Duckworth among others.
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Watts
Selective Service Local Board No
Lubbock
Crosby, Garza
Lynn Counties
William
Bill) Mayes
Balls
Mayes
Crosby County
Eldon Gattis
Lynn County
Harold Lucas
Post
Insurance Company
T. L. Jones
Cecil Scott
Slaton
Raymond Johnson
Who
J. W. Duckworth
Lubback
Sporting Goods
Don L. Jones
Nuclear tests spark debate amid safety and policy shifts
Reports describe A-Test environmental impact from a January test near Eureka and San Francisco areas. The AEC plans stronger, larger tests, with potential future tests in Alaska and the Aleutians. Local boards may order registrants to report if regulations find danger or changes in status. Community figures note tensions over segregated school sites and delayed justice department input.
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San Francisco
Salt Lake City
California
Eureka
AEC
Nevada
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Lions Club Members Named Across West Texas Areas
A list of Lions Club members from multiple West Texas towns is noted including Lubbock Seminole Brownfield Plainview Shallowater Wolfforth Morton Anton Lamesa and Spur among others. The roster features numerous individuals such as Darden Hamer Teague Duncan Walls and Daughtry along with club chapters in Levelland Plainview and Snyder.
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Jackle Nan Poteet
Ralls
Darylene Jones
Cotton Center
Donna Rice
Hub Lions
Lubbock
Vicki Ray
Seminole Evening
Joy Eubanks
Three Way
Charlotte Kirk
Petersburg
Debral Szydloski
Brownfield
Bobbie Jean Darden
Lorenzo
Cynthia Hamer Slaton
Sue Ellen
Line
Snyder
Cindy Greer
Plainview
Jo Ann Preston
Shallowater
Judy Wade
Whitharral
Barbara Anni Baker
Levelland
Shawna Gilly
Welch
Gloria Foster
Wilson
Edith Anne Jennings
Freda Kinney
Seagraves
Carol Bowen
Lubbock Industrial
Yvonne Harkey
New Deal
Linda Daughtry
Spur
Knife And Fork Club hears Newt Hielscher talk on cures for world ills
Former Texas A&M engineering assistant dean’s secretary Newt Hielscher, now in sales training in Shreveport, La., speaks at the Lubbock Knife and Fork Club dinner about laughter as a remedy for global ills. The club also approves a pavilion plan for fairgrounds and a ticket sale agreement with LOC Associates to benefit LCC programs. John Vickers to head a study group to broaden the directorate and possibly revise bylaws with members present including M. B. Hilburn Jr., Homer Hunt, Charles Bacon, Joe Baldridge, Lennis Baker, Charles L. Adams, and Chas. A. Guy.
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Shreveport
Suciovuet
Weminer
LOC Associates
Port Chamber of Commerce
Raw Santo
LCC
Vickers
John Vickers
Chas. A. Guy
Bob Gee
Guy
Five honored by Guadalupe Neighborhood Council
At Thursday's meeting the Guadalupe Neighborhood Council awarded plaques to Barbara Sommerville, Lupe Rodriguez, the Rev. Adrian Donelen, Ernest Borden and Frank Carrillo for community service during the past year. The group also heard a League of Women Voters program on how to vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guadalupe Neighborhood Council
Canuto Mata
Barbara Sommerville
Guadalupe
Ave
P. Lupe Rodriguez
Adrian Donelen
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Ernest Borden
KLFB
Frank Carrillo
Olan Reese
June Haler
League of Women Voters
CRMWA Facility Tour Ends with Turnover Near
Officials from the U S Bureau of Reclamation complete a five day inspection of the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority project visiting Sanford Dam and facilities from Lubbock to Amarillo. The tour will help determine any corrective actions and operating instructions before the July 1 turnover to CAMWA.
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U. S
Bureau of Reclamation
Lubbock
Canadian River Municipal
T Water Authority
Sanford Dam
Amarillo
John C. Williams
Willams
CAMWA
Bureau
R. W. Fowler
Ed Tomsic
Denver
Howard Jenkins
Chuck Smith
Russell Ledyard
C. L
Spike) Crane
Bob Karch
Levelland
Brownfield
Lamesa
Slaton
Church seeks $20 million emergency aid to address racial crisis
AP reports a multistage plan led by church figures to fund a national emergency operation aiding ghettos. The proposal, coordinated with Protestants Catholics and civic groups, would create a task force of volunteers living on subsistence to address hunger, poverty, and disrepair while urging government action.
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George W. Corneliea
Ralph Ward
Syracuse
Dallas
Tex
Kish
Lanners
United Mas
Foster Joans
Dan
Rome
Cathol Scott M. Cassel
Gayton G. Bennett
Hinls
Nating Council
Bish
Sternal City
James K. Mathews
Bos
Represent
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CRMWA
Ed. M. Tomsie
Walt Fowler
C. N
Chuck) Smith
R. B. Ledyard
Fowler
Tomsie
Amarilla
Jfiepe
Justice Department
Gener
Islal
Richard Jselves
Richard Jselves of Their Rights and Re iGrat
Graf
South Holland Township
Frederick Harper
Phoenix
Kennedy School
Coolidge School
Kennedy
Harper
Taft
Harvey
Bain Band
Lions
Engi
Neering
Texas A&m University
Newt Hielscher
Lubbock Knife
Hillcrest Coun
America
Council
Ecuador
Equator
Prentiss Douglas Sikes
Lubbock County
Justice of the Peace
Wayne LeCroy
Sikes
Dunlap's
Homemakers
Denne
Durasani
Dunlop's
Broadway
Texas
Mightyette
Caprock
Elgin
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