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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1969
Page
7
Prices farmers receive for their products stayed unchanged for the month ending December 15, while costs for production items climbed to a record high. The USDA index of prices received stood at 262 percent of the 1910 14 average, matching mid November, with prices paid up to 360 percent, a new high.
Palm Shores Inc. files counter claims in U S district court alleging libel and slander by four of the thirteen original plaintiffs in citrus grove sales disputes. Cross-defendants include Col. George Kouhoutek Wayne Hoover Maj. Elden Billington and Navy Capt. Andrew Serrel seeking 150000 each. If all 13 original plaintiffs face similar actions total could reach nearly 2 million.
Entomologist W S Bowers reports that sesame based synergists disrupt the development of yellow mealworms and milkweed bugs, blocking adulthood with tiny doses and showing potential as cost effective hormonal insecticides. Some compounds affect only specific species, while others lack toxicity to humans and animals.
The 4th Court of Civil Appeals upholding a Starr County ruling bars farm workers from picketing at La Casita Farms in Rio Grande City. The case stems from 1967 organizing efforts by United Farm Workers and associated groups.
An appellate court notes that regulation can cover speech and even pure speech. In a separate item, UC researchers report progress on synthetic growth hormone from human pituitary glands, tracing origins to Evans 1924 and Li’s isolation of the human growth hormone. The labor dispute reference notes violence incidents linked to railroad tensions.
Willard Logsden, a Dallas area schoolteacher, shot his four daughters and himself in Pleasant Grove Texas after a dispute with his wife. Renetta 12 and Coletta 9 died, Regina 4 was critically injured, one daughter serious, Logsden died at Baylor Medical Center. Police report he called his wife at work and then shot the children before taking his own life.
A Jefferson County group applied for a charter for West End State Bank to be located in Westgate, Beaumont. The plan includes a $180,000 capital proposal and was reported by Banking Commissioner J. M. Falkner on Tuesday.
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