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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1948
Page
3
The Kiwanis Club sponsors a premiere of McMillan's African safari films led by W C O'Mara in Lubbock. The feature run time is 1 hour 20 minutes with 2500 feet of footage shown. Premier Jan 23 followed by Jan 24 25 matinees at 2 30 p m for school children. tickets 60 cents.
Waco January 10 retiring Baylor University president Pat M Neff planned to vacate his office within days. He was named President Emeritus after resignation accepted November 28 by the Board of Trustees.
Dallas police report a downtown collision between a train and a streetcar on January 10 that caused minor injuries to none of the occupants. No fatalities or serious damage reported.
Asbury Park New Jersey January 10 1946 The last of a 199 ton consignment of war surplus explosives said to be earmarked for Jewish forces in Palestine was accounted for the Army delivered the final loads Foundry Associates Inc of New York denied purchase of 90 percent TNT explosive seized at Saugerties New York Officials say 67 more tons were seized last week in Mount Vernon New York Leonard Weisman an importer said he helped arrange the shipment he called it an honor to procure means of self defense of the Jewish state Meath County star J Victor Carton notes other campaigns may have yielded arnaments and urges War Assets Administration review large munition sales to determine their use
Texas Tech was represented at an agricultural workers meeting with a subject matter specialist as part of a five man panel on education.
Texas construction awards for Jan 1–9 totaled $23 657 016 the Texas Contractor reports. Residential work led with most units though few in high cost brackets. Non residential and engineering work added 1 849 962. 1 428 homes were contracted at under 7 000 each with 87 in higher brackets. Awards included 111 apartments and two duplexes.
Pat Corley and R. O. Short announce bids for re election targeting county precincts 4 and 1. Clerk Hoyal Furgeson and J. B. Johnston seek another term as tax assessor collector amid local election activity.
The Publishers Association of New York signed a two year agreement with Local No. 2 AFL covering about 900 workers at 15 New York area publishers. The contract includes a $130 raise and job rules aligned with the Taft Hartley act.
The report shows a 5 percent rise in mineral production in the postwar period, exceeding earlier wartime expectations. Officials note gains came as the federal government manages mining output while transitioning from wartime to peacetime priorities.
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