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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 10, 1971

Page

12

Soviet Ships Leave Cuba Heading Toward Home

Four Russian naval vessels including a submarine mother ship have left Cuba and are headed northeast toward the Atlantic. Pentagon officials said the ships may be returning to Soviet ports, with no public forecast of their destination. The movement follows months of harbor hopping by the Soviet fleet in Cuban waters.

Washington U. S Cuba Pentagon Ment Cuban Cienfuegos Melvin R. Laird Jerry W. Freidheim mid-Atlantic Bermuda Russia Friedheim English Channel Atlantic Laird U.S United States Caribbean Gulf of Mexico Friedhelm Jerusalem Cairo Israel Gailill Meir Egypt Israel

Gamma Alpha Chi Moves National Office to Texas Tech

Gamma Alpha Chi national advertising fraternity moves its headquarters to Texas Tech University in Lubbock. The group, founded at Missouri in 1920, has 10 000 members and 71 college chapters with professional chapters in Kansas City Dallas and Houston. Ralph L Sellmeyer journalism professor at Tech becomes executive director and editor of Linage.

Gamma Alpha Chi Texas Tech University Lubbock GAX Texas Tech Alpha Delta Sigma ADS GAK University of Missouri United States Kansas City Dallas Houston University of Oklahoma At Norman Mary Helen Montgomery Ralph L. Sellmeyer Linage Sellmeyer Paar Jean Finley

Bell Accountants Chalk Up First In National Rating

The Lubbock Southwestern Bell accounting department earned a first in the nationwide Bell System by maintaining an outstanding rating for six monthly service indices across 12 consecutive months. The team credited overtime effort and noted even minor illnesses could disrupt the near-perfect absence record as they aim for 13 straight months.

Lubbock Southwestern Bell Bell

Lubbock Bell accounting earns outstanding rating

George Harvey notes the Lubbock division achieved an outstanding Bell rating after a year spanning December 1969 to November 1970. The group processed about 283 000 phone bills monthly with under one error per 3 000, minimal overtime, and sickness absences under 1 of total hours. The division has 111 permanent employees.

George Harvey Lubbock Accounting Office Bell Lubbock West Texas Harvey

Church Meeting Explores Extremism Views in Methodists

Dr Evra Earl Jones of the General Board of Missions outlined survey findings from nine US regions on Methodist views toward extremism. He described three church aims to win souls uphold morality and serve society, urging acceptance of diversity and internal conflict control. Northwest Texas Conference leaders attended.

Evra Earl Jones General Board of Missions United Methodist Church New York

UN Middle East Mediator Meets Israeli Premier

U N mediator Gunnar Jarring met Prime Minister Golda Meir along with Abba Eban Yosef Tekoah and other Israeli officials for two hours and 14 minutes. The talks were described as positive and constructive with no details disclosed. Jarring planned further discussions and a luncheon meeting the next day before returning to New York.

Jerusalem Gunnar V. Jarring U.N Middle East Golda Meir Egypt Jordan New York Israel U.S Seuz Canal Jarring Anwar Sadat

TransAmazon Highway workers to be paid by jungle computer

Indian workers and others on the 3,000 mile TransAmazon Highway will receive paychecks from a computer brought to the jungle for this purpose.

Jungle Computer Rio DE Janeiro

City Sales Taxes Surpass $20,000

Seagraves city sales tax receipts totaled 20,000 through three quarters of 1970 with a projected year total around 26,000. The third quarter check arrived at 6,504.48, up 1,039.61 from the prior year. The tax began in April 1969 and had yielded 42,025.10 to date, excluding the last quarter.

Seagraves Dollie Berry

Jordan Attacks Palestinian Guerrillas Rallying Near Amman

Beiruti reports say King Hussein launched a dawn assault on Palestinian bases in Jordan after a Jordanian soldier was killed. Al Fatah said tanks and heavy guns struck a Red Crescent hospital north of Amman and fighting continued past noon with unknown casualties.

Cairo Amman Jerusalem New York Jarring Meir el al Egypt al Ahram Israel Jordan Hussein Beirut Lebanon UPD al Fatah Red Crescent el Ramman Od Jerash Road Radio Said Rousseifah el Rumman Palestinian Red Crescent

Judge Appoints Survey Group for Lubbock County 1971 72

Lubbock County Judge Rod Shaw announces the appointment of the Lubbock County Historical Survey Committee for 1971 72 with Bill Griggs as chairman and members including James Baker Russell Bean Mrs W B Blankenship Alton Brazell Mrs Charlelin Mrs Griggs Mrs R L Matthews Ford Mitchell Bob Nash Jerry Rogers Dr Ernest Wallace Ray Wells Mrs Horace Wood Tanner Laine. The judge serves as a member and the county unit is certified to Truett Latimer executive director of the Texas State Historical Survey Committee.

Lubbock Rod Shaw

Smith Names A&M Directors Bell Lewie and Whittenburg

Gov. Pres ton Smith announced the appointments of H. C. Duke Bell of Austin and Bill Lewie Jr. of Waco to the Texas A&M University board, with S. B. Whittenburg of Amarillo reappointed. Bell replaces Sterling C. Evans and Lewie replaces R. Wofford Cain, terms run to Jan. 10, 1977.

Five International Firms Plan Israel Movie Shoots

Five international film companies announce plans to shoot full length movies in Israel this year. The government expects about 2 million dollars in foreign currency from the productions.

Tel Aviv Israel

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