District 1 Wool Contest Winners Named at Tech
Fourteen winners were chosen Saturday from 111 contestants across 30 West Texas counties in the Make It Your Way With Wool contest at Tech. District winners advance to the state contest in Austin Jan. 4–5.
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Texas Tech
Judy Carol Tapley
Amherst
Dorothy Pauline Whigham
Lubbock
Avanell Sue Hill
Abilene
Peggy Sharie Little
Dalhart
Tech
West Texas
Austin
Velma Ann Ridden
Seminole
Mary Glenda King
Lovington Building Permits Reach 1962 Eleven Month Total
Building permits issued in Lovington for November totaled 12,450 dollars, bringing the year to date total for 1962 to 1,637,044 dollars. November 1961 saw 51,500 dollars, while the first eleven months in 1961 reached 1,302,264 dollars and 1960 total was 888,257 dollars.
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Lovington
109 Named To Honor Band In Contest Here
A total of 109 high school musicians were named to the honor band roster at regional competitions Saturday at Texas Tech. Tech Band Director Dean Killion oversaw the events in which about 220 students participated. Eight from the Honor Band will join the All State Band in Houston on Jan. 31, including Rick Colvin and David Healer of Monterey High and Allan McMurtry of Lubbock High, with others from Hale Center Olton and Brownfield. Area tryouts on Jan. 13 at Tech produced many more selections from Springlake Levelland Plainview Brownfield Abernathy Plains Sudan Idalou Lubbock Anton Olton Monterey and Petersburg High Schools.
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Texas Tech
Tech
Dean Killion
Houston
Rick Colvin
David Healer
Allan McMurtry
Monterey High School
Martin Waldrop
Pat Leonard
Lubbock High School
Keith Bearden
Hale Center
Barry Prestridge
Olton
Gene Daniel
Brownfield
Jane McCord
Joan Pawson
Springlake
Gail Williams
Linda Galloway
Levelland
Mike Hayes
Joel Shepard
John McGarr
Plainview
Nancy Benson
Myra Kimball
Abernathy
Loretta Taylor
Plains
Dyanne Curry
Sudan
David Bradshaw
Idalou
Danny Aldrich
John Leonard
Jim Young
Anton
Joel Priest
Linda Harris
Henry Blair
Rodney Crews
Wilson
Jerry Wyatt
Petersburg
Americans set record private medical care spend in 1961
U S private medical care outlays reached 21.1 billion dollars in 1961, up 1.3 billion from 1960. Expenditures split into 14.4 billion direct out of pocket and 6.7 billion for health insurance, totaling 116.60 per person.
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Washington
Social Security Administration
Social Security Bulletin
Clovis High Presents Christmas Charity Program
The Clovis High School choral and speech department will stage a Christmas Charity program at 7 30 p m Friday in the Marshall auditorium with over 100 students. Sacred and scriptural music carols and a Christmas Story will be presented, admission by food gifts or money for the Salvation Army. Mrs Harry Barton conducts the choir.
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Clovis
Clovis High School
Marshall Auditorium
Salvation Army
Harry Barton
Longtime Beaurepaire Mayor Dies at 91 in France
Firmin Damour who became Beaurepaire mayor in 1924 died at 91 leaving two grandsons who are not candidates to succeed him. The Damour family had held the post for 132 years across generations.
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LA Roche Sur Yon
France
Monsieur Damour
Beaurepaire
Damour
Firmin Damour
Martin Farm Bureau Elects New Officers
Stanton special reports E. B. Howard named president of the Martin County Farm Bureau. Other officers include Owen Kelly as vice president and Mrs. Lewis Carlile as secretary‑treasurer.
Coal output in 1961 falls to 400 million tons
United States bituminous coal production declined in 1961 to about 400 million tons from 415 million tons the prior year, reflecting decreased output across the industry.
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Washington
United States
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