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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1971
Page
7
Over the past decade six Texas counties have yielded more than half of the university’s students. Ten counties account for over two thirds on campus, with the number of represented counties rising while the total students from the top ten counties has mostly declined, per a Don Johnson chart.
Rushing appointed J C Chambers Bill H Smith and E K Hufstedler to press a meeting with the Lubbock Crosby Garza Counties Medical Society and the Lubbock Osteopathic Society on the matter. The move follows a tough timing with site visits by accreditation groups and federal funders as NIH staff plan a visit next week to review over 44 million dollars for Tech sickle medicine and county teaching hospital. The district faces 139 thousand dollar bills including 98 thousand eight hundred twenty nine bond payments 29905 73 hospitalizations 1000 71 drugs and 1276 28 doctors fees.
Educational consultant Bill Bond from Dallas plans an all day workshop with eighth grade science teachers at Coronado High School. Dr Isidore Starr of Queens College will lead junior and senior high social studies teachers, and M C Perry from New Orleans will conduct another social studies session. Luncheon features Dr David Wigness of Texas Tech, with Living Textbook catering at the Coronado High School cafeteria. Chuck Whaley will speak. Eugene Arce of Harlingen and Anita Garcia of San Benito will run a Friday session for foreign language teachers teaching Spanish to native speakers.
John F. Lott, a Lubbock rancher and investor, received the Bronze Wolf Award at the 23rd World Scout Conference in Tokyo. Gilbert R. Pirring of Bainbridge, Georgia, shared the honor, awarded for outstanding service to scouting, including leadership training for Mexican American scouts. The ceremony included 500 scouters from 103 nations, and the Bronze Wolf is the World Scout Conference's highest tribute.
In England guests often carried a knife to dinner a custom tied to wealth and status the practice noted in a Chicago based UPI report. The Chamber of Commerce Women’s Division and Youth Chamber will distribute labor survey forms to women within a 25 mile radius of Slaton with efforts extending to Lubbock and surrounding areas.
Texas Tech enrollment nears 21 000 with students from 250 Texas counties 48 states and 67 foreign countries plus three U S territories. Lubbock Dallas Harris and Tarrant counties contribute most, while global representation grows as overall counts rise.
Officials predict a record fall enrollment with more than 5 000 high school graduates applying and a freshman class around 6 000 up from 5 300 last year. Growth driven by graduate school increases and UT March admission deadline influence.
The University of Texas System and state colleges face tuition increases approved earlier this year plus some pay raises for general college staff. UT Austin already largely collected the $60 per 15 semester hours, with out-of-state tuition rising from 200 to 600. Exemptions apply for certain groups and enrollments.
Slaton officials announce the town is a finalist in a national textile firm's plant-site search. A labor survey is underway to support the presentation, with about 400 to 500 women expected to be hired and a 100000 square foot facility. The project could add around $2 million yearly payroll. Community members urged to submit 4000 area farm responses indicating labor interest.
The text notes medieval or historical norms where men carried knives in belts or sword scabbard compartments and women wore knives on their girdles. It also mentions standard rice field equipment usable for both soybean and sorghum cultivation.
Soil qualities across American Samoa vary greatly due to steep mountains and about 200 inches of annual rainfall. Valleys host clay and sandy loam while slopes have thin soil, so a plant thriving in one area may fail in nearby locales.
Detroit Fire Department creates a 20 member scuba rescue unit to patrol the river and assist boaters. Each crew is aboard the 20 foot Louisa St. Clair and includes seasoned boatmen and expert skin divers.
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