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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1954
Page
13
Lubbock shoppers from near and far filled downtown stores as several large mid-year sales ran full. Police noted heavy traffic and crowded sidewalks with parking scarce while stores reported strong, possibly best-ever opening days and sales nearing or surpassing last year.
Texas lieutenant governor candidate Ben Ramsey toured Lubbock and the South Plains promoting a no tax pledge and promising to block any new or increased taxes. He highlighted strengthening insurance laws and continuing farm-to-market road programs as key planks and planned further stops in Amarillo and the Permian Basin.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 8 5 to accept House language for a 3.1 billion dollar foreign aid program for the next year. An amendment shifting control to Defense and State was approved 7 6, while a softened measure would bar France and Italy from some aid unless they join the EDC.
The Texas Tech Library receives a 5000 grant from the American Library Association to start a regional American Heritage program for 66 Panhandle and South Plains counties. R C Janeway heads a 5 member committee including librarians from Lubbock Amarillo and Hutchinson Carson counties. The program runs for a year from Sept 1 with 25 person discussion groups providing publications and films.
A Chamber of Commerce committee studies a Lubbock to Wichita Falls toll road as a link in a wider turnpike system. Oklahoma Turnpike Authority reports June revenues up 23 percent from last year driven largely by out of state tourists. The plan would connect at the Red River to Oklahoma City and Tulsa routes, directing traffic between Texas and Oklahoma.
County commissioners voted 3 to 2 to accept the City-County Health Board recommendation that Dr. C. A. Pigford be re appointed as acting director of the City-County Health Department. Two critics questioned the board's choice while supporters noted Pigford’s prior service and state funding for the position.
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