Tech engineers host ASEE meet praised for hospitality and turnout
The Texas Tech College of Engineering hosted the ASEE conference drawing over 3,000 attendees with delegates praising Lubbock’s spirit and campus hospitality. Plans for South Plains College’s Levelland branch begin after $300,000 state funding aims to leverage up to $600,000 first year to establish vocational training.
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Texas Tech
College of Engineering
Lubbock
Bradford
Preston Johnston
Cc-Bcd
Mark Lodequist
Cc-Bcd Education Committee
South Plains College
Levelland
Sodequist
Hippocrates Age Cutting From Ancient Tree To Grow Here
The 2500 year old tree on Cos Island in Greece is linked to Hippocrates. New rooted cuttings from the historic tree have been developed and dispersed to physicians, with Dr. Carl Page of Lubbock arranging a Texas planting in the local arboretum.
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Cos
Greece
Faculty of Forestry
University of British ,Columbia
Briish
Columbia
Carl Page
Lubbock
Dr. Page
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston
Nat Williams
Arboretum Organization
Texas
Blocker
Page
Bob Hassell
Cutt G
Lubbock Man Pleads Guilty in Local Courts
Jose Rios Delgado, 43, of 517 N Canton Ave, pleaded guilty to DWI before Judge Denzil Bevers in County Court-at-Law No 2. He received a $100 fine with costs, five days in jail probated for six months. Connie Gonzales, 20, of 2703 Emory St, pled guilty to theft under 5 in a shoplifting case, with $25 and court costs. Dalton E Rawlins, 44, of Levelland, and Herbert Huffman, 23, of Artesia NM, pleaded innocent on shoplifting and DWI respectively and were bonded.
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Jose Rios Delgado
Canton Ave
Denzil Bevers
Bevers
Delgado
Edwin H. Boedeker
Connie Gonzales
Emory St
Dalton E. Rawlins
Levelland
Herbert Huffman
Artésia
N.M
Reese Receives Federal Money for Reese AFB
The House authorized 2,235,000 for Reese Air Force Base at Lubbock as part of the 1973 Military Construction Authorization Bill. Funds cover officers open mess 1,053,000 officers quarters 570,000 and airmen dormitory 612,000 with Senate approval and appropriations pending.
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Avalonche-Journal
Washington Forest
Washington
House
Reese Afb
Lubbock
George Mahon
Senate
Sign Variance Fight for Piggly Wiggly Site
The zoning board debated a request to allow a tall sign at the Woolco Piggly Wiggly tract in a C-2 zone. Opponents argued high signs impede identifi cation and encourage larger nearby signs, while supporters cited limited past variances. Several members voted against the proposal and one abstained due to a varied employment tie.
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Woolco-Piggly Wiggly Tract
Linde McGowan
Juanita Schmidt
50Th Street
van McVay
McVay
Jim Ratiff
Ray Diekemper
George Morris
Albert Troost
Bill Pitts
Soviet Iraq friendship treaty takes effect in Moscow
The 15 year Soviet Iraqi friendship and cooperation pact, signed in April, was ratified in Moscow. Anrei Gromyko and Abdel Bakr exchanged instruments as Sadat announced Egyptian advisers would leave. The accord pledges military, economic, and political cooperation and reinforcement of defense capabilities.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Iraq
Alexei N. Kosygin
Baghdad
Andrei A. Gromyko
Abdel Bakr
Middle East
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Sadat
Kremlin
Gromyko
Baki
Cairo
Detroit Board Ordered To Delay Bus Purchase In Desegregation Case
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court granted a delay until Aug 24 on Detroit 295 bus purchases amid appeals over cross district desegregation involving Detroit and 52 suburbs. An 11 member panel will continue work on integration plans while oral arguments proceed.
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Detroit
UPI
Board of Education
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Ohio
Harry Phillips
Circuit Court
George Edwards
Court of Appeals
U.S
Stephen J. Roth
Frank J. Kelley
Brazil to Launch First Concrete Fishing Boat Next Week
Brazil will launch a 40 foot concrete fishing craft next week, reported AJB. Officials say the vessel is less prone to wood worm damage and seawater pollution than traditional wooden boats.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
AJB
Principals Appointed and District Personnel Actions
Rafael Madrid, 30, will fill the central administration recruiter post and Mc Whorter School principal role after teaching at Mackenzie Junior High. Landers and Minyard join as new administrators, with several resignations noted and numerous new teachers hired across the Petersburg system. A public hearing on the 1972 73 budget is set for Aug 1, and the board considers a Community Action Board building site at Harwell School.
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McWhorter School
Nunez
Rafael Madrid
Mackenzie Junior
Landers
Abilene
Texas Tech
Eddie Eubanks Landers
Tech
Minyard
Lubbock County
Abilene Christian College
Petersburg
Frankie Worley
H. R. Bundock
O. L. Slaton
J. T. Hutchinson
Chris Harwell
CAB
2 300 Year Old City Unearthed Near Cairo
Cairo AP report says archaeologists uncovered Karnis a 23 century Greek city in Fayoum southwest of Cairo buried 100 feet under sand with dozens of mud brick houses two crocodile temples and clay tablets. About 1500 silver coins date to Nero and Claudius era.
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Cairo
Department of Antiquities
Karnis
Fayoum
Nero R
Claudius
FAT-GO diet plan ad at L and H Drug Store
An ad promotes the FAT GO diet plan offering a two day supply for $2.50. It invites customers at 6401 University and 34th and Slide Rd locations to try the program with a money back guarantee if not satisfied with initial weight loss.
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L&h Drug Store
Bank Officers Elected as Bank Opens Its Doors
Bank at eade ers will elect officers and directors who will serve when the bank opens. The Banking Board postponed voting on an application for another bank here proposed to be built at 19th St and University Ave. An application for a national bank in Town and Country Shopping Center is pending. An earlier state charter bid for a bank at 19th St and Nashville Ave was withdrawn. Bank of the West will be the citys seventh bank with five national charters and one other state bank.
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19Th St
University Ave
Town
Nashville Ave
Bank of the West
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Amherst
Young
Hodges
Campbell
Michael T. Moseley
Municipal Garden and Arts Center
Iraq Petroleum Co
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Kelly
Michigan
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Sherry J. Maloney
Sue Mayo
Dean W. Newsom
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Shirey Cribbs
Mary Marene Croft
Jo Fowler
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Hazel Grady
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Peggy Harm
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Betty Powell
Joseph N. Richard
Shelia Diane Hose
Roger Rutherford
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Lynn Sorrell
Rodney L. Loesbe
Catherine Tee Tannehill
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34Th & Slide Rd
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Carpet Cleaners
G.E
Singer
Caprock Center
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