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New State School and City Growth Highlight 1964
Lubbock area races through a busy year with urban expansion, zoning shifts on 50th Street, and a push toward commercial Loop 289. Texas Tech plans a state school and expanded faculties, while the courthouse faces audits and a runoff elected mayor Tidmore over Rogers in a high turnout race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
50Th Street
Max Tidmore
W. D
Dub) Rogers
Jack Strong
Jack Eastman
W. E. Medlock
City Zoning Board of Adjustment
Lubbock
Cunty
Commissioners Court
Alton Brazell
Arch Lamb
Les Derrick
George Green
Slaton
Rod Shaw
City of
Avalanche-Journal
West
Texas Tech
Texas Tech University
Tech
State School For Retardates
Friends of
Lubbock Christian College
Raiders
Georgia
Dah Malaise
Harold Denney
Kal Segrest
Danny Mason
Vernon Hilliard
Don Sparks
McAdoo
Friona Girls
Denver City
Taibbock High School
Plainview
Monterey High School
Brownfield
Lubbock Hubbers
South Plains
Hereford
Thornton Wilder
Our Town
Lubbock Symphony Orchestra
William A. Harrod
Alene Benson
Daniel Barenboim
Basil Rathbone
Richard Dyer-Bennett
Sanford
Panhandle-South Plains
Panhandle South Plains
Ralls
Gil
Andrews
R. Sargent Shriver
Peace Corps
Gordon Cooper
James Webb
Reba Bristow
Reese Air Force Base
New Mexico