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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1970
Page
12
Knit designers send early messages with new knits ready for immediate wear. Proportions stay lean and shaping soft, with options from cropped tops to long tunics. Styles range from straight leg pants to gaucho lengths, belts, flounces, and textured yarns in cardigans, boleros, and knit coats.
Readers share practical hints on post surgery gowns with snap closures, bathroom curtain mishaps with towels, feminine shirt embellishments, dishwasher splash guards, ribbon storage, juice glaze for ham, and knitwear fashion notes. Mary Sue Miller noted for beauty queries.
New York report explains appetite control may lie in the appestat a brain mechanism responding to food taste and signals. The article discusses will power plus physiological cues shaping hunger and satiety with reference to research and expert views.
Readers question advice on keeping newspapers intact and on barging at sales. A teen pair seek guidance about visiting a dementia-stricken grandpa, while a reader complains of overbearing bargain shoppers and praises the columnist’s stance on courtesy.
A Lubbock resident recalls the Lost Battalion era, describing how vehicles broke down and were overhauled repeatedly. He notes keeping some equipment out of order to cope with wartime shortages and reflects on the enduring resilience of his unit.
Oliver C. Thomas of West Texas Office Supply recalls his capture as a B 29 crew member on a Yokohama bombing mission May 29, 1945. He and fellow POWs endured beatings and malnutrition before liberation by U S forces Aug 29 1945.
Byron Martin was named a director of First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Lubbock at a board meeting Tuesday. Born in Lubbock in 1928 he earned a bachelor of science in architecture from Texas Tech and is a member of Claude Martin and Sons building firm. He has served on the Lubbock school board and chaired the school building construction advisory committee for about four years. He has chaired the board of elders at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church and was moderator of the Texas Synod in 1969.
Call 763-2767 to enroll in a Lambert School program opening January 31 at 51st and W. Tu i tion is 30 dollars a month with 8 dollar bus service. Morning and afternoon sessions for ages 3 4 5 6. Westinghouse Reading Program provides individualized instruction and a well rounded kindergarten program.
The center conducts tests on 24 area lakes and 40 residents in the Clapp lake vicinity as part of a grant from the Office of Water Resources Research. Dr. Dan M. Wells notes low levels of insecticides nitrates and phosphates, with no DDT traces on the tested site, though drinking water remains unsafe due to bacteria. The project titled Potential Pollution of the Ogallala Formation by Recharging Playa Lake Water aims to assess waters before underground recharge, with results expected by August 1971.
The National Amateur Flower Show Judges' Council installed officers and announced winners in the show. Mrs. Lee Coil became president with Mrs. Harry D. Williams of Levelland as vice president, Mrs. B. V. Oldham as secretary, and Mrs. Harold Banks as treasurer. Winners span Dutch, Flemmish, French rococo, early Georgian, victorian, oriental and modern categories with several named residents from Levelland Morton and Mobile among the victors. Inflation is troubling Italy.
In Ropesville a double ring wedding was performed at 7 30 p m on August 8 at the home of Mr and Mrs Earnest Arp. Rev Travis Boyd of the Church of Christ officiated. The bride Rhonda Cole wore street length dress with maid of honor Martha Smith. Best man was Roy Roland. After a reception at the Arp home the pair left for a Colorado honeymoon. The bride is a 1970 graduate of Ropesville High School.
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