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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1967
Page
11
Slaton School trustees approve a 1967 68 budget of 855 568 and a full state salary increase for teachers raising pay by 630 annually for most staff with variation by degree and experience. New contracts for nine teachers, calendar set including Easter week, and holidays listed. School starts Sept 5 with Labor Day observed, Easter holiday week added.
Four men were arrested in a dice gambling game about 8 30 p m Monday in an apartment at 4407 20th St detectives Bill Bessent and Bob Tedder said Justice of the Peace George H McCleskey reported Jaspar Ray Pruitt 61 of 2604 46th St was fined 50 on a charge of operating a gambling game The other three defendants pled guilty Tuesday and were fined 25 each on charges of illegal gambling with dice.
Farmers and bankers meet at Hale County State Bank to review underground water maps and data for calculating income tax deductions on water depletion. F F Calhoun notes IRS approved maps cover nearly all of Hale County since 1962, with potential tax savings up to 300000 dollars yearly.
Daily schedules show KCBD and KGNO broadcasting a mix of news, game shows, soap operas, dramas, and talk programs. Notable items include Jeopardy, Match Game, Concentration, The Virginian, Days of Our Lives, and The Tonight Show style programs. Programs run from early morning to late night across both stations.
Vernon AP Wilbarger County prisoners attend church in the jail but Leon Sparkman 20 escaped after dodging a jailer and fleeing through an open door as inmates were being returned to cells. He was on three years probation from Fort Worth for burglary and held on five burglary charges. North Texas officers alerted after a Vernon car theft report followed the escape.
Janie Ann Kinney, Lubbock's 1967 community ambassador to Poland and the Soviet Union, recounts a two week trip starting in Cracow. She describes Cracow's historic charm, Auschwitz's somber yet touristic atmosphere, Warsaw's rebuilt streets and war memorials, and reflections on postwar anti German sentiment shaping Polish views.
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