Record English Classes Hit New High In Lubbock
A record 327 pupils, 42 more than last year, attend eight week summer language classes for non English speaking preschoolers in Lubbock Public Schools. The program, now in its third year, is directed by Miss Trula Maud Jetton and coordinated by Bill Parker at Walter Posey Elementary. Classes run 8 to 11 a m, Monday through Friday, with 90 plus percent daily attendance.
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Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Bill Parker
Walter Posey
Trula Maud Jetton
Parker
Mabry Brock
McWhorter
Brock
George R. Bean
Jetton
Posey
Martin
Sanders
North Avenue U
Jackson
Carter
Guadalupe
Wolffarth
Derby Entry Boosts List To 124 Here
Fourteen year old Jimmy Seide man from Amarillo becomes the 124th entrant in the Lubbock Soap Box Derby. He moved here after competing in the Amarillo Derby and will race under Sealed Power Corp sponsorship. Preliminary inspections are set for 1 p m Saturday at Modern Chevrolet with a final inspection at 1 p m Saturday July 14. The Derby is July 16 sponsored by The Avalanche Journal Modern Chevrolet and the Exchange Club with top prizes including a Champion's Trophy a silver Derby ring a $500 savings bond and an Akron trip.
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Amarillo
Lubbock
Jimmy
Seideman
Chevrolet
19Th St
Texas Ave
Texas
Abernathy
Modern Chevrolet
Reid Chevrolet
Avalanche-Journal
The
Exchange Club
Akron
Ohio
Tech Administrator Receives Carnegie Scholarship for Omaha Course
Frederik J. Wehmeyer of Texas Tech joins 54 university administrators awarded Carnegie Corporation Scholarships to attend the College Business Management Short Course at the University of Omaha Nebraska from July 23 to 28. The award covers board room tuition and travel. The course began in 1950 and marks its 13th anniversary this year as it has served about 2,000 college business heads, roughly one fifth of the national professional membership.
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46Th St
Texas Tech
Carnegie Corporation
University of Omaha
Neb
Omaha University
Fireworks Ban Still In Force In Lubbock
Lubbock police remind residents discharging fireworks within city limits is illegal and violators may be fined. Despite this stands outside city limits selling fireworks for July 4. Two public displays are scheduled July 4 at Lowrey Stadium by VFW and at Buffalo Lakes by the water improvement district.
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Asst
L. D. Blakner
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Buffalo Lakes
Water Improvement District
Day Nursery Opens in Lubbock with 20 Enrolled
The Junior League opens Lubbock Day Nursery No. 2 at 611 Avenue O with 20 children aged infants to eight years. It runs 7 am to 6 pm five days weekly offering hot lunch two snacks play indoors and outdoors and nap time. United Fund covers the operating budget remainder. Phone PO3 0535.
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Lubbock Day Nursery
Ave
Junior League
Charles Cathey
United Fund
The Better Half By Bob Barnes
A 47 year old man in Central New South Wales took off a wooden leg to beat his wife to death with a poisonous snake. The incident shocks Sydney region as police investigate the bizarre murder case.
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Gra
Hier
Central New South Wales
UAR Demands Recall Over Currency Smuggling Ring
The UAR government on Monday demanded Saudi embassy second secretary Mohsen El Samman be recalled over currency smuggling allegations. Foreign ministry sources said the smuggling ring was uncovered last week.
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Cairo
UPN
UAR
Mohsen el Samman
Foreign Ministry
Twenty Britons Fined for Trafalgar Square Protest
Twenty Britons who tried to disrupt a fascist rally in Trafalgar Square were found guilty of a range of misdemeanors. They were fined on Monday in London, with fines ranging from eight to fourteen dollars.
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London
UPI
Raly
Trafalgar Square
Clovis Cattleman Hurt In Plane Crash
Elton Green a Clovis cattle rancher sustained minor injuries when his single engine plane crashed into a fence row thirty miles northeast of Clovis. He was transported for treatment and the aircraft was a total loss.
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Clovis
Elton Green
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