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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 09, 1970

Page

9

Lubbock High to get new gym and surface

The Lubbock School Board awarded contractor H R Burdock a 376000 dollar bid plus 11000 for a special tartan playing surface for Lubbock High School. The project includes a north of current facilities site and a girls facility renovation with a 14.06 dollar per square foot estimate.

Lubbock H. R. Burdock Lubbock High School Lubbock School Board Burdock South Plains College Levelland H. C.lewis Lewis Lubbock High Plant 17Th Street Linus Wright Lavern H. Kirby

Autumn Weather on South Plains Drier Than Usual

The South Plains faces a cool dry autumn with very little rain. The National Weather Service notes a low 13.19 inches for the period, below normal in Lubbock with Marton and Tahoks also well under average.

South Plains Lubbock National Weather Service Marton Tahoks

Algiers Shifts Weekly Day of Rest to Friday

Algiers will move the weekly day of rest to Friday starting January 1, ending the long tradition of Sunday observance since French colonization in 1830. Sources indicate a French-era practice will be retired as Islamic customs gain formal recognition.

Algiers Algeri

Apartment Project Planned by Leland Avalanche Journal Blatt Construction

Leonard Wilson of Blatt Construction announced an FHA Title 236 funded apartment complex to be built on a $2 million highway traffic circle site. The plan calls for 15 brick veneer buildings totaling 52 units across eight 12 unit, one 16 unit, and five eight unit structures with a utility building within two long blocks east of Avenue J near the Tohoka Volunteers of America. Permits expected within a week.

Leland Avalanche Journal Blatt Construction Tohoka Volunteers of America Umidar Critites Tre Avenue’ J Leonard Wilson Wilson

City man's bride arrives home for Christmas in Korea wedding tale

Robert Outland brings home his bride from Korea after a September wedding and months of red tape. The couple returned from San Francisco to join Outland in the United States where she later entered mill service before marriage. The story notes the bride's arrival this season and references her prior work and enlistment.

Santa. Claus Robert Outland 10Th St Firid Won Outlet Outland San Francisco Korea Atay Corpa Enerps Shim United States Tary Robert Cox

Country Parson Topic Sparks Local Church Debate

A fragment notes a Religion column titled Country Parson, referencing a local church matter with unclear context and no explicit events or dates.

Snelling elected president of Lubbock private employment group

At a Lubbock meeting Monday night Biases & Group Earl Crites announced Snelling as president of the Private Employment Association. Other officers named include Grey as president and Geneva Boren as secretary, with Dick Gi and Pecan Wil among the personnel officers.

Earl Crites Snelling Ted Lubbock National Bank Mananiey É Grey Wes

Welfare abuse case highlights aid reliance risks

A welfare caseworker recounts a family that exploited government commodities and medical aid. The mother becomes pregnant while the father remains away, and despite new job attempts the family relies on welfare payments and groceries. The story notes manipulation of aid, housing, and medical support signals.

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