Commissioners Begin Study Of 1974 County Budget
Taidbock County taxpayers may learn today if taxes will fall as commissioners start review of the 1974 budget. Department head requests are to be discussed at 9 a.m. Revenue sharing funds total about 342000, possibly used for operations to meet federal reporting needs, reducing local tax support. The county has no debt left, freeing money for other projects or purposes.
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Taidbock County
Lubbock
Rod Shaw
Insurance Cuts Okayed Again
Austin report says state insurance board approved six more companies to reduce fire, extended coverage, and home owners insurance rates by ten to twenty five percent. The board had previously approved requests from eighty companies to deviate from standard rates. Companies named include Commercial Standard, Connecticut Indemnity, Government Employees, Liberty Mutual, Mid American Fire, and South Carolina Insurance Company.
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Austin
UPC
Joe Christie
State Insurance Board
Commercial Standard Insurance Company
Connecticut Indemnity Company
Government Employees Insurance Company
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Mid Amelia Fire Insurance Company
South Carolina Insurance Company
Water scarcity drives Texas farm managers to plan drought resistance
Bertrand warns irrigation already covers 6 million acres with many wells drying. By 2050 irrigated area drops to about 2.2 million, forcing shift from irrigated farming to dryland production on roughly 4 million acres. Emphasizes water conservation, research, and drought‑tolerant plant development at a four‑session conservation meeting.
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Plains of
Texas
Bertrand
Bertrands
Civic Center Construction Plan for Lubbock Urban Renewal
Center Biltingsley Tom Mills and Raymond Powell oversee a 23 month project in downtown Lubbock. The complex along 6th to Avenue K includes theater banquet exhibit and learning spaces with a central heating plant funded by $5.37 million in bonds plus $11 million for an open plaza and enclosed mall and $1.2 million for trees drainage and landscaping. The May 1970 tornado damaged area is being rebuilt with Urban Renewal land purchases and civic center tract transfer.
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Biltingsley
Tom Mills
Raymond Powell
6Th
Sth Street
Avenue O
Avenue K
Civic Center
Lubbock
Itum
Civic ‘Center
Gas shortage impacts Reese base JP-4 fuel contracts
Reese base faces fuel supply issues as contractors extend JP-4 contracts through July to conserve costs. About 48,000 gallons used at Lubbock, 36,000 at Amarillo, and 16,000 at Sanford Dam annually, with 350 to 400 student pilots affected by potential rate changes and training furloughs.
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Fense Supply Agency
DSA
GSA
Jofficiala
Niel
Reese
Poole
Dn Lubbock
Lubbock
Amarillo
Sanford Dam
Niell
Panhandle
Texas
Region 7
Bill G. Niell
Fort Worth
Rsh
Court dockets clogged in South Plains and West Texas
District courts in 22 counties reported 58 397 pending and 26 239 dispositions last year as Lubbock led in activity and backlogs. Civil and criminal filings rose in Dickens Crosby and Lynn rooms while some counties posted few pending cases. Statewide trends show a light increase in filings and average dispositions per judge.
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South Plains
West Texas
Latbboek
Tifal
Dickens County
Borden County
Briscoe
King
Cottle
Benlen
Stonewall
Dickens
Crosby
Lynn
Lynn County
West
Texas
Lubbock
Motley,wall, Swisher, Terry and
Yoakum
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Fonda
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Noor Synthetic
Glynn Morgan
Rufus Mort
Mnet
Wesh
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Fabric World
Avril & Cotton
Pera
Amst
Denton Ave
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