Housing shortage hits Texas Tech and Lubbock
Readable text shows a sharp housing shortage in Lubbock after the Lubbock tornado with about 900 units destroyed. Tech campus excess is noted earlier, but now dorms shift to male use. 500 rooms for men, Coleman Hall converted, Doak Hall half rented, and Bledsoe Hall closed for renovation. Apartment Finders report 50–60 daily calls. rental space scarce with rising rents and workers occupying units. Public notices include displaced students seeking affordable off campus housing and Robby’s College Inn reporting tripled fall reservations.
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Coleman
Wiggins
Tech
Harris
Doak
Home Economics College
Bledsoe
Coleman Hall
Dorina Pugh
Lubbock
Pugh
SEC
Bill Leftwich
LOC
Leftwich
Tthe
E. W
Sarge’ Bohl
Bohl
TTU
Songsri Prakdhkit
Nader Loses Bid to Ban Smoking Aboard Airliners
U S District Court Judge Joseph C Waddy ruled against Ralph Nader in a suit seeking to force the FAA to ban smoking on airline flights. The decision says the administrator’s powers are discretionary and not to be overridden by courts. The case noted the ongoing rule making and health concerns cited by Volpe and others.
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Washington
Ralph Nader
Federal Aviation Administration
U.S. District Court
Joseph C. Waddy
FAA
Nader
Waddy
Transportation
John A. Volpe
Final Arguments Set For Today In Muleshoe DWI Case
Judge Denzil Bevers’ court will hear final arguments in the trial of Edwin Wilbanks, a 25 year old Muleshoe pharmacist charged with driving while intoxicated a misdemeanor.
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Denzil Bevers
Edwin Wilbanks
Wilbanks
Ervin Anderson Jr
Weber Jr
Edwin H. Boedeke
Teens Seek Funds to Combat Delinquency in Lubbock Drive
The four day summer conference in the Austin area draws 56 local conference delegations as funds raised in Lubbock support youth programs. Miss Probasco notes money returned to Lubbock youth. State officials provide professionals and materials when projects face drug abuse or education challenges. Local sponsors include Mrs. Freda McVay and Carr, who started the conference seven years ago. Headquarters are 2510 56th St in the Probasco home. Public relations are led by Miss Probasco and Rey Ortiz of San Angelo.
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Austin
Lubbock
Miss Probasco
State
San Angelo
Turk. Pipkin
Rey Ortiz
Jim Andrews
Milton Dana
Corky Quilliam
Eddie Washington
A. Lubbock
Ricky
Stelesvide
Lea County Fair and Rodeo Opens with Crowning Race
Lea County's 35th Lea County Fair and Rodeo starts with a 4 p.m. parade in Lovington under God Bless America. Rodeo shows run nightly at Jake Mc Clure Arena through Saturday with Rex Allen appearing. Four Lea County girls compete for rodeo queen, named tonight after the first performance: Georganna Robinett Lovington, Jean Ellis Monument, Kathy Gordon Hobbs, Shirley Campbell Hobbs.
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Lovington
Lea County
Jake McClure
Mr. Cowboy
Rex Allen
Georganna Robinett
Jean Ellis
Monument
Kathy Gordon
Shirley Campbell
Hobbs
Living Textbook Workshop Set Today in Lubbock
The Lubbock Avalanche Journal hosts a Living Textbook program with Leota Matthews guiding a weeklong in service. A noon luncheon at Coronado cafeteria invites local educators to learn using The Avalanche Journal in classrooms.
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Lubbock
Young
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Leota Matthews
Avalanche-Journal
Coronado
Oklahoma
Avalanche- Journal
Coronado High
Carolyn Goebel
Louis Perez
Sam Parker
Eldon Smith
Janice Justice
Frances Evans
Jackie Williams
Martin Boyd Mary Bailey
Bill Bigham
Barbara Adams
Martha Brown
Larry Hart
Matthews
Avalanche Journal
Jose Contreras
Holt, Rinehart and Winston Co
Contreras
Wilson Junior High
Co-Ops Meet US SOL and Leadership Roles Highlighted
Roark directs FCA Cooperative Bank Service supervising 13 banks with about 2 billion dollars in annual farm cooperative loans and nearly 3 000 loans outstanding. Lynn, 19th Cotton Council president, runs cattle and cotton operations and chairs Gilliam Gin Co and Farmers Ammonia Co. Ammonia’s chairman leads Louisiana ASCS and sits on the Cotton Board. This marks the 34th oil mill annual meeting and other group gatherings with Wilmer Smith of New Home as oil mill president and Joe B Pate of Lubbock leading SA.
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Roark
FCA
Cooperative Bank Service
Lynn
Cotton Council
Gilliam Gin Co
Ammonia Co
Louisiana Ascs
Cotton Board
PCCA
GSA
Wilmer Smith
New Home
Joe B. Pate Ae
Lubbock
Health Official Urges Focus On Unnatural Death Prevention
New York City deputy chief medical examiner Dr Michael Baden told global delegates that heroin use is the leading cause of teen deaths in New York and that drug addiction is a major public health problem. He urged coordinated multidisciplinary prevention addressing alcoholism self harm and related factors, noting rising teen deaths since 1967.
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Washington
New York City
Michael M. Baden
New York
Donald
Five Charged in Narcotics Raid at 4908 39th St
Police detectives with a search warrant arrested five people early Tuesday at 4908 39th St on marijuana possession charges. Names include Robert E. Telford 21 Patrick Odan Trezise 18 Steve Byrnes Clark 18 Craig George Morris 21 and William Drew Young 21. Young faces a methamphetamine count. Bonds set at 1500 for four suspects and 1000 for Young. Detectives were Sgt Charles Park Bill Bailey Joe Compton Mike Cooper and Ed Richards.
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39Th St
Land
Robert E. Telford
Patrick Odan Trezise
Steve Byrnes Clark
Gist St
Craig George Morris
20Th St
William ‘Drew Young
Young
Bob Odom
Justice of the Peace
Wayne LeCroy
Telford
Trezise
Clark
Morris
Sgt
Charles Park
Bill Bailey
Joe Compton
Mike Cooper
Ed Richards
Department of Public Safety
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Udents
Ito Bohl
Thailand
Flagstaff
Overparker
Denver
Ives
N.M
West Texas Air Terminal
Allen
Hoyt Caldwell
The
Rodeo Association
Paul Newisingen
Rodeo Committee
Audean Davis
Lovington Chamro Merce
Victor Cruz-Redo
Texas Education Agency
Office of International and Bilingual Education
Texas
Laredo
Earl J. Montague
University of Texas
Montague
SOL
LV Lubbock
AR Amarillo
Amarillo
Ravel
National Clearinghouse For
Washington, D.C
Advertising Council
International Newspaper
Sarton
Svetozarevo
Yugoslavia
Milos Mitrovic
Amsterdam
World Organization of Free
Louria
New Jersey State Medical College
Newark
Lauria
Lorenzo State Bank
Lorenzo, Texas
F.D.I.C
Ang Dude
Seashore
Lubbock Avalanche- Journal
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