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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1956
Page
4
Hickerson notes rainfall below 18 inches but city water pumpage rose 15.3 percent in 1956 led by July peak of 34.395 million gallons. Minimum daily volume December 6.652 million gallons. Water meters climbed 5.1 percent to 28,250, with historic gains since 1949.
President Eisenhower urges motorists to make the New Year's weekend the safest on record after Christmas tolls. He cites 706 fires and about 24 000 injuries from highway crashes, stressing speed and reckless driving as grave penalties and urging care and courtesy on the roads.
In Bartlesville Oklahoma on December 29 Phillips Petroleum Co. elevated R B Stewart to Manager of the natural gas dept and named Dan Mayer assistant manager after the death of A M Rippel in a December 12 plane crash. M H Callender new director of the dept engineering division. W L Cox promoted to fill. Stewart, from Arkadelphia Arkansas, joined Phillips in 1937 at Borger Texas.
Colleges and schools reopen after a seven week suspension following a British French temper. The report notes continued tensions and new safety measures as institutions resume operations.
Dr Bevington A Reed dean of Sul Ross State College and his wife and son Joe visited Alpine after arriving Friday. Reed has tenure as a doctorate candidate from Texas Tech and taught at Slaton and Highlands University while serving in other posts.
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