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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1948
Page
3
Insurance men in Lubbock note overdue inspections and two developments suggest a coming improvement in fire protection. Until inspectors review the city, residents face potential long term changes in fire insurance costs, as rating books and state board input shape rates for years ahead.
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In Dallas on July 10 negotiations between the Veterans Administration and the Texas Board of Vocational Education aimed to secure 50 080 000 for Texas veterans training. Participants included VA regional offices at Dallas Waco San Antonio Houston and Lubbock. Tuition per veteran was set at 23 95 for agriculture 26 50 for trades and industry classes and 23 80 for distributive education.
The Lubbock IOOF Lodge 609 and Rebekah Lodge 321 will hold a joint installation at 8 PM Monday in Friendship Hall First Presbyterian church. New officers include Raye Peeks as noble grand and Charles E. Hayes as vice grand.
The City Recreation department announced the annual city wide swimming and diving meet for Sunday August 22 and the final weeks of the Learn to Swim program with free instruction at the pool for all ages. Penny scrambles begin with 100 pennies scattered for all to dive in.
Four former Southern Trailways employees were charged with attempting aggravated damage to bus property in De Soto parish Louisiana. They were Jacob B. Murff Joseph J Anders Jr Mshall K Bruce and J C Deason released on $1000 bonds after arrest for placing haycutter blades on the Benson highway ahead of a Trailways bus.
A Wednesday night overnight camp for boys aged 9 to 14 from Burns Park and Community Center areas will be held at the Mackenzie State Park barbecue pit. Campers should bring a sack lunch bedding food for breakfast and nickels for drinks. Bus pickup is at Burns Park 2 30 p m and Community Center 3 05 p m with return by Thursday noon.
Edgar J. Dixon a 47 year old Dallas Times Herald advertising man died in a crash east of Hurst on highway 183 when his car collided with a refrigerator truck. Dixon was pronounced dead at a hospital and the accident marked Tarant county’s 26th traffic fatality this year.
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