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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1973
Page
9
Hart celebrates Hart Day with a 2 p.m. parade from the old alm and a fiddlers contest with top prizes of 75 50 and 5 crowns at 9 p.m. Lions Club hosts coffee for old settlers and a carnival in the community room.
Shallowater First United Methodist Church observes its fiftieth anniversary with a weekend program. The 1925 organization by FLR Pickens is noted with a Friday banquet in the Fellowship Hall and guest speaker Bishop Alfie Carleton of Albuquerque NJM. Other events include a Saturday coffee for former ministers and a parade of history, an open house at the parsonage, a pageant at the Community Club House, and Sunday services led by Rev. Cecil Tune and Rev. Tommy Strother. A post service dinner concludes the celebration.
Plainview hosts a news conference at the Country Club to announce a new industrial plant by a national firm. James H. Oxford of the chamber notes the facility will be the second largest in town, after Missouri Beef Packers Inc. with about 500 employees. Officials from the national company will attend to answer questions.
Correspondent Hobbs New Mexico announces fall pre-enrollment hours set for 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. The summer session has closed and pre-enrollment can no longer be completed at night.
Hobbs finance director and clerk treasurer O. Conover, in office since July 1, 1972, resigns to take a city manager post in Silver City New Mexico. He will be replaced after a transition period as he trained two staff to assume his duties.
Hobbs resident Hopie Fuentez, aged 18, daughter of Mrs. Josephine Fuentez, earns a Los Conquistadores scholarship to New Mexico Junior College for the full semester. She plans a major in secretarial science and is one of eight children with interests in tennis music and dancing.
The Ector County Commissioners Court awarded Glen Day Construction Co. of Odessa a $367,961 contract for Ector County Coliseum improvements. The bid came in $11,000 below the last bid but about $150,000 above the architect and county’s original estimate. A pre-construction meeting is set for Thursday before renovations begin, with completion expected by March 45, 1974, though the coliseum will operate during construction.
A federal judge dismissed without prejudice a suit by Lonnie Relf and his daughters Mary Alice and Minnie Relf alleging involuntary sterilization under a federally funded program. The decision allows re filing against some defendants, including Health, Education and Welfare officials and Montgomery surgeon Dr. A J Thomas, while broader actions remain paused.
Beaumont school superintendent A W Shannon said rising meat prices force beefless lunches for the first three to six months of the new year. Students will eat spaghetti and cheese, hamburgers, and fish, with no roast beef on the menu.
Portales Roosevelt County fair crowned Miss Grider queen after the old fiddlers contest at Ernest Wilson arena. Kathy Gristler won the senior title and De Ann Luce earned the princess honor and will attend the queen at the fair ceremonies September 10 to 12. Miss Grider is daughter of ranchers Robert Grider and a student at Eastern New Mexico University majoring in secretarial sciences.
Dale Dye, second term president of the Texas Shorthand Reporters Association, is named to a NSRA committee to improve ties with legal associations tied to the National Center for State Courts. He attends the NSRA convention August 8 12 in Seattle to invite reporters nationwide to the 1974 Houston convention. The panel replaces the American Bar Liaison Committee to study trial practices and courtroom procedures for quicker, more efficient courts.
An 1800 foot tower being built at the Ontario Science Center in Toronto will be the tallest self supporting structure in the world when finished in 1974. It will surpass Moscow’s Ostankino Tower by 57 feet as the present record holder.
Law officers investigate a series of burglaries across Lubbock and county including a Lake Ransom Canyon residence and two Buffalo Lakes break-ins. Stolen items include rifles cameras sterling set and jewelry with totals around 800 dollars while other losses reach thousands in clothing coin collections and tools. Detectives question intruders linked to multiple city and county residences as no suspects or leads emerge.
In Leavenworth Kansas the last three hostages were released after a day of violence at the U S Penitentiary. One guard Wayne Selle 40 was killed and five guards were injured. Inmates held hostages in the laundry area and demanded talks with the warden and press.
US beef supplies grow scarce as processors warn of closures and job losses across major plants. Wholesale buyers report rationing and higher prices while the Cost of Living Council maintains a Sept. 12 ceiling lift and probes meat industry profits.
Nearly half of gasoline stations reported normal operations in the AAA weekly survey. Some stations were open 24 hours, with several states showing more than 80 percent normal sales. Denver and Oregon remained short on supplies, Denver stations closing at noon Saturdays and reopening Monday morning.
Colorless odorless spray style coating marketed to control roaches and ants for months. Sold at supermarkets including Furr's Safeway Piggly Wiggly United Sylow Brook's A.G. Super Save Village and more. Distributed by A.G. Kim Bell and Waples Plotter.
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