Winners Announced at Texas Tech Cheerleaders Contest
The fifth annual Cheerleady's School at Texas Tech crowned winners in all divisions. In large groups six plus, Plainview High, Robertson High Las Vegas NM, and Levelland tied for first. Caprock Amarillo and Lamesa High tied for second. Lockhart and Frenship Wolfforth tied for third. Spirit stick to Levelland. Multiple divisions followed with ties and spirits awarded. about 450 cheerleaders from junior and senior high schools across four states attended.
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Plainview High School
Robertson High
Las Vegas
N. M
Levelland
Caprock
Amarillo
Lamesa High
Lockhart High
Frenship High
Wolfforth
Tulsa
Petersburg High
Levellaghd
Monterey
Guyman High
Coronado
Lubbock
Dexter
Abernathy
New Deal
Crane
Borger
Guyman
Hooker
Okla.) High
Estelline
Crystal City
Sundown
Panhandle
Cross Plains
Matador
Hagerman
Boys Ranch
Seymour
Garden City
Shallowater
Christ the King of
Frenship
Brownwood
Four Estates
Ex Dallas City Planner Named LMCOG Director
Jary to lead the LMCOG as he highlights cooperative work. He notes that three years ago only a few councils of government existed nationwide.
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Dallas
Belmcog
Voting Rights Across States and Urban Rise Highlight 1960s Trends
The piece surveys voter eligibility limits, noting about 4.8 million would be denied voting rights due to residency changes and about one million in institutions. It highlights racial, urban, and union patterns, citing Mississippi black share at 42 percent, New Jersey as most urban, North Dakota as most rural, and Texas 78 percent urban. It also profiles Devo, a New Yorker hired to lead Dallas area planning efforts, detailing his background and appointment.
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Congress
Johnson
Mississippi
Texas
New Jersey
North Dakota
New York
Wyoming
Labor Department
Deyo
Dallas
LMCOG
Lubbock National Bank
Devo
Union College
Schenectady
N.Y
Tulane University
New Orleans
William F. Thompkins Jr
Tulane
St. Louis
Orleans Parish
Charles R. Colbert
City of
French Peace Delegations to U.S. Embassy on July 20
The French Communist led peace movement backing Hanoi plans to send delegations to the U.S. Embassy on July 20 to deliver petitions demanding adherence to North Vietnam policy aims, aiming to mark the Geneva agreement anniversary and end colonial presence in Indochina.
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South Vietnam
France
Indochina
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Southwest Collection to house author Jeanne Williams papers
Texas Tech's Southwest Collection announced it will archive Jeanne Williams's papers. Director Sylvan Dunn said recent shipments include manuscripts, galleys, carbon copies, notes, and correspondence. Williams, a prolific author with about 50 pieces, has ties to Oklahoma and Texas, with several works set in Texas and the Permian Basin.
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Jeanne Williams
Southwest
Texas Tech
Sylvan Dunn
University of Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Permian Basin
Western Writers of America
Texas Institute of Letters
West Texas Gladiolus Show at Lub bock Arts Center
The 15th annual West Texas Gladiolus Show runs Saturday and Sunday at the Lubbock Municipal Garden and Arts Center. Entries in 19 divisions are accepted 8 11 a.m. Saturday, with judging 11 a.m. to 2 30 p.m. Show opens to the public 2 30 p.m. to 8 30 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Named chairs Mrs. Ed Jarman and James L. Collier. Awards include Grand and Reserve Champion for single and three spike Gladiolus, miniature Champion for three spike, basket and vase awards, and medals for Champion Arrangement and Sweepstakes. Junior awards are listed.
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West Texas
Ed Jarman
James L. Collier
Avalanche-Journal
Williamson
East German guards flee to West Germany in uniforms
Two border guards, a 21 year old corporal and a 20 year old private, escaped in uniform to West Germany early Friday from West Berlin border area, UPI reports. The incident marks a rare defection by East German military personnel amid ongoing tension between the two German states.
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West Brunswick
Germany
UPI
West Germany
Swine Short Course Results At Texas Tech
Daw-Tex Farms of Lamesa won first in the carcass barrow contest at the 16th Swine Short Course ending Friday at Texas Tech. Larry Tackitt of Happy placed second, Joe Behrens of Brownwood third. crossbred top entry with two Hamp shires. In judging, Jack Dyer of Perryton won, Lanny Tucker of Hart second, Frank Barnes of Helmherst third. Over 200 vocational ag teachers attended. University of Illinois professor A H Jensen urged confinement trend in hog production, noting fewer farms yet stable total hog numbers. He compared with Midwest hog farming and poultry confinement shifts.
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Daw-Tex Farms
Lamesa
Texas Tech
Larry Tackitt
Happy
Joe Behrens
Brownwood
Hampshires
Jack Dyer
Perryton
Lanny Tucker
Hart
Frank Barnes
Helmleigh
West Texas
A. H. Jensen
University of Illinois
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